Tasawwuf

taubah

Once Hadhratjee Moulana Maseehullah

Rahmatullahi alayh advised a person

who complained bitterly about his

evilness and extreme weak spiritual

state that: "Do not focus so much

about your sins. Rather use your

energies to reform yourself by

making Taubah."

The person responded by saying

"Hadhrat, every time I make

Taubah, I break my Taubah. So what

is the sense of making Taubah?"

Hazratjee replied: "Clean clothing

gets dirty after a day or two. It is

understood that the clothing needs

to be washed. No one says: "What's

the sense of washing my clothing. It

will get dirty again. Similarly, the

soul gets dirty when sin is committed.

Just as one regularly washes and

changes one's clothing, so is there a

need to "wash" the soul regularly

even though you fear that you will

sin again."