I said something I cannot take back
On the hours after the sentence leaves your mouth, and what repair actually asks of you.
إنَّ العَبدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بالكَلِمةِ ما يَتَبَيَّنُ فيها، يَزِلُّ بها في النَّارِ أبعَدَ ممَّا بينَ المَشرِقِ
“A servant may speak a word without weighing what is in it, and slip by it into the Fire farther than the distance to the East.”Translated by Uswah draft, awaiting review
Sahih al-Bukhari 6477
Narrator : Abu HurayraGraded by : al-BukhariSource :
An apology that explains itself is still about you. The one that repairs names the harm plainly, without the paragraph that makes it understandable.
What to doSay the sentence with no because in it. The explanation can wait for a question.
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I cannot stop being angry
What to do in the minute the anger arrives, before it decides anything for you.
I keep putting off the thing I know I should do
Delay is rarely about time. It is usually about the size of the first step.
I cannot forgive myself for something
On the difference between remorse that repairs and remorse that only punishes.