The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Gives us The
Eight Steps of Atonement
Point out the wrong - the first stage is the most difficult
of all because when we are wrong and we are not aware of it, someone has
to point out the wrong.
Acknowledge the wrong - So in this context, the word acknowledge means to the truth of the fact that we have
been wrong.
Confess fault - First you confess the fault to Allah
(God), and then to the person or persons whom your fault has ill effected.
Repentance - means feeling contrition or self- reproach
for what one has done or failed to do.
Atonement - means we must be willing to do something
in expiation of our sins.
Forgiveness - means to cease to feel offense and resentment
against another for the harm done by an offender. It means to wipe the slate
clean.
Reconciliation and restoration - It mean to resolve differences
and to establish or re-establish a close relationship between previously
divided persons.
Perfect union with God - the result of completing the
atonement process is achieving the perfect union with Allah (God) who is
best at guiding us to freedom.
