"I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred"
About this Quote
The phrasing “it’s not fitting” is doing heavy cultural work. It invokes adab, the obligation to meet others with restraint and dignity, especially when one occupies a revered position. Khan isn’t only narrating self-control; he’s signaling that his stature demands deference, and that any harsh exchange would be indecorous. The religious appeal also functions as insulation: to criticize his stance risks sounding like one is criticizing faith, not just a public figure.
Context matters because Khan’s legacy sits at the intersection of national pride, secrecy, and global condemnation. In Pakistan he was often treated as a heroic architect of deterrence; internationally he was linked to proliferation networks. This sentence is a way to stay legible to a home audience that venerates him - humble, God-fearing, besieged by attention - while sidestepping the material questions that made him controversial in the first place.
Quote Details
| Topic | Forgiveness |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Khan, Abdul Qadeer. (2026, January 15). I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-to-ask-allahs-forgiveness-and-not-get-161856/
Chicago Style
Khan, Abdul Qadeer. "I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-to-ask-allahs-forgiveness-and-not-get-161856/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-to-ask-allahs-forgiveness-and-not-get-161856/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.






