Allah's forgiveness is greater

When my heart was hardened, and my courses constrained; I made my hope a stairway to Your forgiveness. My sins burdened me heavily, but when I measured it by Your forgiveness, Lord, Your forgiveness was the greater.

Imam al-Shafi'i

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Islamic quote about forgiveness and the hope in Allah. An excellent reconcilliation by Imam Shafi'i, comparing the mercy of Allah to one's own burden of sins.