The third Tafsîr is that due to blessing of repentance, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'la will change the evil to good. Rasûlullah Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that a man will be brought on the day of Qiyamah. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'la will tell the angels to present his minor sins to him. His minor sins will be presented to him while his major sins will be concealed. Allah will ask him if he committed those sins. He will reply in the affirmative and fear that he will enter hell. Thereafter Allah will tell the angels to write a good deed in place of every minor sin of his. This good deed will not be one that he did. Allah will grant him this good deed from His side. [Sahih Muslim] In another narration, this will be the treatment meted out to many people. Allamah alûsi (Rahimahullah) has written in Tafsîr Rûhul Ma'ni that this is called a noble forgiveness. Allah is granting forgiveness as well as adding good deeds from His side. What a noble Master He is! After noting this nobility, he will tell Allah that he still has other sins. "I do not see my major sins here." When he is obtaining good deeds for his minor sins, he still has the audacity to speak about his major sins to Allah. When Rasûlullah Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam narrated this portion of the hadith, he laughed to the extent that his teeth became visible. When Rasûlullah Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam laughed, then Insha-Allah, there is hope that Allah will also laugh. We cannot estimate the unlimited grace of Allah.
