Hinduism - what is the meaning to ''forgive is divine'' in the proverb?

'' To err is human, to forgive is divine '' ?

See, I'll explain full:
err means mistake or doing something wrong or bad.
so 'To err is human' means humans tend to make mistakes, its their nature.
and divine is referred to almighty god.
so, 'to forgive is divine' means It is part of God?s divine nature to forgive, so when we forgive others, we are displaying a God-like quality. But because we are human we all err.
Hope you got it. God bless.

The verb "err" means to do something wrong; to make a mistake is "to err". "To err is human" because all people ("humans") make mistakes. "To err is human, to forgive divine" says we should try hard to forgive others because all people are human and make mistakes. Example: "I am still angry about what my manager did yesterday!" Answer: "It is best to just let it go; to err is human, to forgive divine." The world of people is "human" and the world of God is "divine". God's special power to forgive people for their mistakes is called "divine" mercy. When we forgive other people we are acting "divine". "To err is human, to forgive divine" says that we are all human and we all make mistakes so we should all try hard to forgive other people when they make mistakes. Example: "I will never forgive my mother for what she has done!" Answer: "Don't be angry at her. To err is human, to forgive divine." (Because we use the word "is" in the first phrase "to err is human" we do not use "is" again in the second phrase: "to forgive divine".) We are all people who make mistakes so to forgive others when they make mistakes is the right thing to do; "to err is human, to forgive divine."

And

1) "An Essay on Criticism was the first major poem written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744). However, despite the title, the poem is not as much an original analysis as it is a compilation of Pope's various literary opinions. A reading of the poem makes it clear that he is addressing not so much the ingenuous reader as the intending writer. It is written in a type of rhyming verse called heroic couplets."

"Ah ne'er so dire a Thirst of Glory boast,
Nor in the Critick let the Man be lost!
Good-Nature and Good-Sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive divine.
[Part II] Lines 322-325. Compare: "To step aside is human ", Robert Burns, Address to the Unco Guid."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/To_err_is_human

"Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 ? 30 May 1744) is generally regarded as the greatest English poet of the eighteenth century, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in the English language, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope was a master of the heroic couplet."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope

My opinion is that humans are also sometimes capable of forgiveness. This is beautiful when it happens, but I would not call it "divine" (I am rather from the Atheist kind...)

Already the Romans knew that to err is human:


2) "er rare human um est 'to err is human' From Seneca the Younger. The full quote is er rare human um est persevere diabolic um: 'to err is human; to persist is of the Devil'."
Source and further information:
"List of Latin phrases"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_officio#E

"Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (c. 4 BC ? AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later ad visor to emperor Nero."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger


3) "Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare. Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault ? Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippica XII, ii, 5."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_officio#E

"Marcus Tullius Cicero (Classical Latin pronounced [?kikero?], usually pronounced /?s?s????/ in English; January 3, 106 BC ? December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
Cicero is generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome. He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary, distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher. An impressive orator and successful lawyer, Cicero probably thought his political career his most important achievement. Today, he is appreciated primarily for his humanism and philosophical and political writings."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero

======================================
Baby Beauty

Great explanation from Baby beauty. The meaning is simple. The humans always doing errors. it is his routine works. He may do it knowingly or unknowingly. But, divine qualities differs from human. The God is kind, love and compassion. It is the quality of God to forgive the human errors. so, we do prayers, worship ping, and going to ashrams. Because the God's quality ''forgive is divine'' we do paraphrase to please God to be free from curses etc.,one should not confuse the errors with sins. Human errors are different from sins. An error is a mistake. The proverb comes to show the qualities of human and God. An Error can be rectified and a sin can not be rectified which joins karma.

Correction: This is not from Hindu Scriptures.

The concept of "Forgiveness" is not present in Hinduism. The sinful acts are against our own good; it does no harm to the divine!

The divine doesn't take these acts of humans as disobedience or of fence on himself in the first place and hence there is no question of forgiveness arises at all !!

Shruti has given the correct answer.

Err- Error or Mistake
Forgive- to rectify or to show your kindness that you forgive even if someone did a mistake or mistakenly did something wrong or harm you or intentionally harm you.
Look at Jesus Christ- Human beings crucified him and then also he forgive them(divinity)
A pure form is called divinity and is divine. Those who exhibits the quality of divinity is divine in the form of human being.
See the Buddha life, Sri Rama life you will come to know a lot. When someone did not harm anyone and even forgive despite he/she has been affected by that person exhibits divinity and is divine.
Its not about one religion but belong to every religion and all the divine incarnation exhibits the same quality.
If you say your sentence is in Hinduism, it might provoke many people ego who re all don't know the true meaning of religion as there is no place of ego in religion as well.
You born in Hinduism, buy belong to the same sex or form as we are no matter if you are male or female. It is human being which make religion to follow the path of divine who take incarnation but not religion make one human being.

God bless you!