Allah said فَتَلَقَّىٰ آدَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ Adam received words from his Lord, and He relented to him, for He is relenting, compassionate (al-Baqarah 2:37). Yes, with words of repentance, the covenant with God is not restored, but sanctified, for Ādam was created for redemption after the fall. Abū Hurayrah once heard the Prophet ﷺ declare والذي نفسي بيده لو لم تذنبوا لذهب الله بكم وجاء بقوم يذنبون فيستغفرون الله تعالى فيغفر لهم “I swear by Him in Whose hand is my soul! If you were to sin no more, Allah would replace you with a people who would sin just to repent to Allah, the Exalted, that He may forgive them.” Medina was the city of redemption. In Medina, the penitent drunkard was one of the dearest of all men to his heart ﷺ. In Medina, a man once sought to stamp out the flames of arrogant tribalism under the foot of his brother. In Medina, the sincere repentance of one woman would have sufficed the sins of the entire city! Imam al-Ghazzālī wrote in the Book of Repentance that, like Ādam, we are prone to err, but the real sin is in following him in his error while not following him in his repentance. Lanturna invites you to a moment, a witnessing, a turning, to the consecration of a sacred covenant.

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