Page 445 - Learning from the Qur'an

Allah only accepts the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance
and then quickly repent after doing it. Allah turns towards such
people. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (Qur'an, 4:17)

TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO TURN
TO ALLAH IN REPENTANCE
Allah only accepts the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance
and then quickly repent after doing it. Allah turns towards such
people. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. There is no repentance
for people who persist in doing evil until death comes to them
and who then say, 'Now I repent,' nor for people who die while
they are unbelievers. We have prepared for them a painful
punishment. (Qur'an, 4:17-18)
Say: 'My servants, you who have transgressed against yourselves,
do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Truly Allah forgives all wrong
actions. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.' (Qur'an,
39:53)
For certainly all who repent and act rightly have turned sincerely
towards Allah. (Qur'an, 25:71)

NOT TO ASK FORGIVENESS
FOR THE UNBELIEVERS
You can ask forgiveness for them, or not ask forgiveness for them.
Even if you asked forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah still
would not forgive them. That is because they have rejected Allah
and His Messenger. Allah does not guide deviant people. (Qur'an,
9:80)

NOT TO KNOWINGLY REPEAT
THE MISTAKE ONCE IT IS MADE
But to those who do evil in ignorance and then after that repent
and put things right, to them your Lord is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (Qur'an, 16:119)

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