Islam critiqued seeks protection; Allah covers the sins!

In answer to the video "Allah is NOT Forgiving, Merciful or Loving"

God is described with the word "ghafur", steming from Gh-F-R meaning covering something either to protect and/or to hide. The implication is that God provides a covering upon the person to hide the sins of the past in case there were any 5:65 all the while providing a protection from the potential sins of the future. It is up to the believer to maintain that covering of protection throughout his life, elsewhere referred to as the garment of God-consciousness. If he loses it, he is again exposed to moral and spiritual failure. His past sins will remain hidden/forgiven but the future ones will have to be rectified

14:10"He calls you to forgive for you OF your sins".

This, as a side note, strikes at the notion of guaranteed salvation and forgiveness from sins -past and future- which is propounded by certain belief systems and more particularily Christianity.

The believers and prophets have always asked God to provide them with ghafr, the covering that hides and/or protects. It comes with merit as often repeated in the HB Ps23:1,85:3 but its implications far surpass in value the level of merit needed to obtain it. This merit however isnt placed at an unreachable standard. It only requires sincerity and resolve for reform.

That is why this grace from God is said to be at anyone's door, and to receive it, the effort demanded is minimal while its consequences disproportionately high

7:156"My mercy encompasses all things; so I will ordain it (specially) for those who guard (against evil) and pay the poor-rate, and those who believe in Our communications".

It is contingent on righteousness, repentance, restitution of the moral or physical harm, firm resolve in changing one's course during the appointed time of respite and walking aright

3:135,16:61,18:58,42:21,20:82"I am most Forgiving to him who repents and believes and does good, then continues to follow the right direction".

And just as it is conditional in this world, then those that did nothing to deserve it in their wordly life, did not undergo the spiritual hardships in the process as the faithful, patient in adversity did, they will not get it for free in the next life either. Since the aforementioned conditions to merit forgiveness cannot be accomplished in the afterlife, ie one cannot be faithfully penitent, show evidence of reform through actions, restitute the harm done etc, then the substitute to the fitna of this world will be the appropriate "fitna" of the hereafter. One will have to undergo a painfully cleansing process.

As Ezekiel told the sinful Israelites

Ezek33:14-16"And when I say of the wicked man, "You shall surely die," and he repents of his sin and performs justice and righteousness, And when I say of the wicked man, "You shall surely die," and he repents of his sin and performs justice and righteousness, All his sins that he sinned will not be remembered for him: he performed justice and righteousness; he will surely live".

And this is because

Ezek33:11"As I live, says the Lord God, I do not wish for the death of the wicked, but for the wicked to repent of his way so that he may live".