Epistle to the Son of the Wolf — Paragraph 266

Source (Persian)

و قال رسول اللّه - صلّی اللّه عليه و سلّم - من نظر بالبحر عند الزّوال و کبّر اللّه عند الغروب غفر اللّه له ذنوبه و لو کانت مثل رمل عالج و من عدّ اربعين موجة و هو يکبّر اللّه تعالی غفر اللّه له ما تقدّم من ذنبه و ما تأخّر *

Translation

The Apostle of God - may the blessings of God and His salutations be upon Him - hath also said: "He that looketh upon the sea at eventide, and saith: \‘God is Most Great!' at sunset, God will forgive his sins, though they be heaped as piles of sand. And he that counteth forty waves, while repeating: \‘God is Most Great!' - exalted be He - God will forgive his sins, both past and future."