Adnan Oktar A9 TV; January 6th, 2016

Forgiveness is a characteristic God appreciates greatly. That is because revenge might give a lowly pleasure to one's soul, but forgiving is hard; I mean it [forgiveness] necessitates will-power and wisdom. That is because in forgiveness one does not achieve satisfaction, but revenge might bring satisfaction. That is why God takes forgiveness as a basis.

One cannot have a beautiful morality simply by saying, 'Let me have good morality.' Good morality can only be attained by fearing God, by loving God. Otherwise one would not be generous. He would feel pain inside when he gives something to someone. Forgiving would make him enraged. Without faith, without the fear of God, forgiving becomes very unnerving.

There should be no pride involved in love, since if there is pride, love ends. Pride and lack of forgiveness are the poisons of love. People thus fail in managing love. However, forgiveness, bringing your pride under control, putting your pride aside, this clears the way for love to the fullest extent.

God orders Muslims to forgive, to persevere and create a serene environment under all conditions.

The best course of action is to be forgiving, to act as people of peace, to see goodness in everything. People are created as weak, they are not strong enough to deal with troubles. Feeling rage towards one, messing with another person, screaming at them, conspiring against another: All you have is a small, weak body. How can your weak body deal with all that pain, with all that filth? Be honest, sincere and immaculate.

Anger only brings harm, jealousy only causes damage. Forgiveness and love would win us friends.

A vindictive person cannot attain quality. To attain quality, there should exist a forgiving, self-sacrificing nobility that would face up to all sorts of sacrifice for the beloved ones.

The Turkish government is doing the right thing by fixing our relations with our former allies. God wants us to be loving, peaceful and forgiving.

Our government abandoned the policy of distancing itself from other countries and adopted a loving, peaceful and forgiving approach.

What does forgiving mean? It serves love. Without forgiveness you become angry, you get cross, you reproach others and severe your connections with the concerned. When one severs connections with one person and then the other, what happens? He remains alone. This is the disaster cast upon the whole world. This time they start keeping dogs and cats at their homes as their sole companions. This is what happens without love, without heeding the Qur'an.

God says; "Make allowances for people, command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant." What happens when we make allowances for people? The obstacles before love is removed. Love unites. "… and turn away from the ignorant." Ignorance depresses people. Ignorance suffocates love. When you turn away from the ignorant you would be protecting love. "Command what is wrong." What happens when you command right? Love increases, love develops.

You forgive, you pardon and thus remove the block that stands in front of love. When you forgive you would be removing the wall in front of love.

God is forgiving. Despite persistent insincerity of people, God always forgives.

God says that He will accept the repentance of an idolater or a hypocrite, whoever repents. One needs to refrain from using language that abandons hope of God’s Mercy.

Those who attempt to forgive murderers are the most debased, most ignominious, most honorless, most treacherous of the world. I cannot think of having less character on top of that. There will never be forgiveness for those men and for the traitors of the PKK. Those who want them forgiven are even more debased.

If you release the murderers, it would come to mean that it is okay to kill people. The push button for the Last Day would then be pressed. The Last Day will break loose.

Granting an amnesty for murderers is the gravest danger for Turkey. That will be the sign for Turkey’s ruin. If one forgives those who martyred our soldiers and police officers, that person is the most debased, most characterless man in the world.

One who is patient, forgiving, merciful, honest, modest, and sacrificing will find love.

It is important to win people over. Anyone can make a mistake. It is important to allow them to correct their mistakes.

Believers are willing to forgive, they don't hold grudges, they contain their anger. No subject turns into a matter of tension between believers.

Believers get healthier by forgiving. Forgiveness is the basic component of love, passion and friendship. Without forgiveness, there can be no love.

Compassion, mercy, leniency: That is what we ask from God, is it not? What do we want in Heaven? We want Almighty God to forgive us and to be lenient, compassionate and protective towards us. We therefore need to treat people in the same manner as well.

Being forgiving is an important religious observation. God creates that specific incident so that you have an opportunity to forgive. A person who cannot forgive, doesn't yet have a character worthy of Heaven. God creates the incident and the act of forgiving.

Forgiveness is nourishment for the soul, the mind, the heart and also the body.

One strives a lot to become friends with one another but all their relations are severed in the slightest mistake. That is why God commands believers to forgive.