Why do we reduce our Lord's greatness?

We're all human and we tend to make a thousand mistakes a day. One of the many that we do is one to reduce our Lord's greatness.

Allah has many names to His incredible nature and one that we hear everyday is "Akbar".

He is the greatest.

One that we have at the end of our tongues before we do almost anything is "Ar Rahim".

He is the most MERCIFUL.

I have met so many brothers and sisters that speak about how there is no use in them seeking forgiveness from Allah subhanaAllah ta'ala because of their seemingly mountainous amount of sins. With that, they see no point in standing up in prayer or remembering Him in supplications and move on with their lives to commit the same mistakes/sins over and over again.

But do they not remember that Allah is He who forgives His servants.

On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say:

“Allah the Almighty said:

‘O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it.’”

One of my biggest pet peeves is when Muslims make excuses for their laziness. You are not standing up in prayer not because you see no hope in being granted forgiveness but because you're lazy to spend a couple of minutes five times a day to stand before Allah.

Allah is Akbar, Allah is Ar Rahman and Allah is Ar Rahim -

How dare you reduce His greatness, generosity and mercy with your assumptions of how He wouldn't forgive you?

If you want respect, you earn it. If you want forgiveness, SEEK IT.

A'qilah Saiere