Human is cannot be separated from fault and wrong, but Islam is a religion that full of forgiveness for all the mistakes and fault that has been done in daily activities. It is the reason of Allah SWT is giving tawbah to all human as an opportunity to realizing all his mistakes by attempting to improve himself become more faithful and godly to Allah SWT.
How do us indicate whether our tawbah is being admitted or not by Allah SWT? Whilst, our sin is huge and sometimes we thought it is unforgiving.
Here are the explanations about signs tawbah is accepted by Allah SWT:
1. Our inner feels peaceful and tranquil
By increasing our worship to Allah SWT, it will certainly make us getting closer to Him so that it will affect our soul. Those who always do bad deeds and sinful, they will always feel anxious in their entire life even their world life are full of bounties. In fact, all the bounty he has is only transitory which created from the devil
2. Prefer to gather with Sholeh/Sholelah communities
It will also seeing from his friendship that surrounded by Soleh and Solehah people in spite of gathering with his old friends which are sinful and do lot of bad deeds.
The fact is the more you are avoiding those who are sinful and bad deeds friendships, surely, the more you are getting away from the cursed attitudes. It will also applied in the vice verse.
Allah SWT commandment,”
ٱلتَّٰٓئِبُونَ ٱلۡعَٰبِدُونَ ٱلۡحَٰمِدُونَ ٱلسَّٰٓئِحُونَ ٱلرَّٰكِعُونَ ٱلسَّٰجِدُونَ ٱلۡأٓمِرُونَ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَٱلنَّاهُونَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَٱلۡحَٰفِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ ٱللَّهِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٢
“Those are tawbah people, get worships, lot of praise, do visit, do ruku’, do prostration, recommend to do ma’ruf, avoid to munkar, and maintain the laws of Allah SWT. Amuse all the mukmin with all the good one.”(QS. At-Taubah:112)
3. Occupying himself by completing his obligation and increasing his worship to Allah SWT.
Allah SWT will always give inner motivation to increase our worship to Allah Ta’ala. He will unconsciously leave all the sinful attitudes and bad deeds due to he is already comfortable with his worship and closer to Allah SWT.
4. More grateful to Allah SWT
Grateful is the main key of the happiness and godly for someone. Thus, the more Allah SWT is admitted our tawbah, the bigger we will realize our self conscious and all of His greatest. Indeed, it is surely we will also feel more grateful to all His bounties that always be given to us. [AdSense-B]
Allah SWT commandment, “
۞أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُواْ مِن دِيَٰرِهِمۡ وَهُمۡ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مُوتُواْ ثُمَّ أَحۡيَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضۡلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٢٤٣
“Have you not seen those who are leaving from their habitat while there were thousands (the numbers) because fear of the death; indeed, Allah SWT was said to them,” Be death of you and Allah SWT will revive them. Indeed, Allah SWT has abundant gifts to all human; still, most of them are ungrateful.” (Al- Baqarah:243)
5. His moral will be better
[AdSense-A] A person who is having his tawbah will always make attempt to improve his moral so that Allah SWT will always soften his inner continuously in order to become the better person. (read also: Tips to restrain emotion during fasting, the sinner of women hated most by Allah SWT).
Allah SWT said, “إِنَّآ أَخۡلَصۡنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٖ ذِكۡرَى ٱلدَّارِ ٤٦
“In fact, we have already purify them with (conferred them) the highest moral which is always warning them (human) about the doomsday.” (QS. Sad:46)
6. Pleased to charity
Charity is the primary alms that most of human are rarely to do it because the lack of heartfelt. It is the nature of all human to always have the feeling of poorness by sharing his alms into others while he is realizing that his wealth is not belong to himself but it is has part of the others needed.
Allah SWT commandment,”
إِن تُبۡدُواْ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَۖ وَإِن تُخۡفُوهَا وَتُؤۡتُوهَا ٱلۡفُقَرَآءَ فَهُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡۚ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَئَِّاتِكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ٢٧١
“If you shown your alms, it is better. If you are hiding it and give it to the poor, then it is the best. Allah SWT will nullify some of your sins; and Allah SWT knows your business. “(QS. Al-Baqarah:271)
7. Maintain our appearances and genitals
Our genitals and congeniality are the simplest visible tawbah to be seen since it is already arranged in Shari’a Islam. It is also already regulated in the discussion about Ways Men to dress up in Islam.
It is not convenient for muslim to istiqomah maintaining his appearance due to Allah SWT. We should notice that Allah SWT will always guide each of his ummat to always have the feeling of heartfelt in performing his tawbah. Indeed, the more we are istiqomah to Allah SWT; the more Allah SWT is admitting our tawbah.
Allah commandment,
” يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزۡوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ يُدۡنِينَ عَلَيۡهِنَّ مِن جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰٓ أَن يُعۡرَفۡنَ فَلَا يُؤۡذَيۡنَۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٥٩
“Dearest Prophet, please be informed your wives, your daughters and those who are mukmin wives: they shall to cover their hijab up to the whole body.” Indeed, it is easier in recognizing them so they will not be disturbed. Allah is All Merciful and Allah is All Loving.”(QS. Al-Ahzab:59)
8. Maintain attitude and speech
Attitudes and phrases from the tawbah person are easily recognizing. He will always maintaining his attitudes and words soften to avoid others feeling. It is different from those who are not undergo the tawbah, yet, their communication will sounds rough and selfish without thinking the others feeling.
Allah SWT will always guide His ummat to always protect their manner and utterance when communicating with others.
9. Feeling full of sin and attempt to improve yourself
The main requirement for tawbah is realizing and repenting all of our sins. By improving himself and continuously tawbah to Allah SWT, someone will always feel lack to worship to Allah SWT. The feeling of sinfulness will always attached inside of him both in the past or the current condition.
Thus, he will always attempt to improve his god-fearing to Allah SWT so that he can faze all of his sins.
In summary, basically, Allah SWT is the only one who can justify admitting our tawbah or denying our transgression. As His ummat, we are recommended to attempt and always pray so that our alms and tawbah will be admitted by Allah SWT because Allah is All Bountiful and Allah is All Seeing that see our effort.