"The Forgiven" was inspired by the Hadith (prophetic narration) about the man who killed 99 people but ultimately realised the severity of his transgressions and sought redemption.

Hadith: https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3470

The song artfully tells this amazing but true story of the man's journey to forgiveness and the depths to which Allah's mercy goes.

Zain Bhikha's songwriting talent can truly be appreciated over the duration of a song that seeks to convey a message of hope to all those who've ever felt lost and in desperate need of the mercy of Allah.

Backing vocals: Benammi

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LYRICS:
Intro (by Boonaa Mohammed)

The road to salvation is filled with temptation
Trials and tribulations grant us motivation
To seek out elevation so our nation doesn’t fail but
Allah will not change our situation until we change ourselves
Only He can turn the impossible into possible
When Life is full of obstacles and patience is optional
Remember who’s responsible in this journey we call life
For guiding all us sinners from darkness into light

The walls begin, to set in
But I’m not afraid
for the darkness knows my name
Have I fallen too far
Far beneath
Most days I feel, like I’m not even here

Ain’t no one, waiting for me
Don’t come around, oh there’s nothing to see
lost all my love, wasted my tears
No more to lose, So I’ve nothing to fear
Tearing it down, this hollow ground
There’s no need for goodbye

Chorus
Oh this world is so cruel
So goodbye gentle soul
I’m not coming back home
Like I was before
Cos this rabbit hole
There’s no wonders it holds
Only hell below

Respect I gained, a fearful name
All mine, 99 lives I claimed
Doesn't build me up, doesn’t go away
All those eyes, they watch me night and day

Is there a heaven, still waiting for me
Can redemption come before my final sleep
Or am I too far gone, have I fallen too deep
Oh No Holy Man, don’t tell me God can’t
Forgive a man like me

I've become so cruel, thought I gained but lost
There’s no coming back home, he says you get what you got
But to save a soul, oh there’s gotta be hope
From the hell below

100 now, and all around,
their sentence stands, guilty hammer’s down
But an ember burns, I feel it deep inside,
Oh learned man, tell me where salvation lies

You gotta leave right now, leave this all behind
This place won’t release you, they only see your crimes
But all Hopes not lost, when we have our faith
For Allah’s mercy always, overcomes His wrath
So you can be saved

I was on my way
Not even half but nowhere
The angels came to take my soul away
Oh the push and pull
The weight of all my sins
In the balance against my will to start again

But then God says measure the space, to where he’s closest to
Is it the hell he was running from
Or the place that was new
But God makes the earth move
So He can rescue you
For even if our sins, was like water in the ocean
Allah is most Merciful

So my story is told, for all lost souls
I have come back home, despite who I was
I never imagined, and now I behold
an ending so beautiful

The light descends, and never ends
And I’m not afraid
For Allah knows my name