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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

So remain steadfast. God’s promise is true. Ask forgiveness for your
wrong action and glorify your Lord with praise in the evening and
the early morning. (Surah Ghafir, 55)

(Believers say,) ‘Our Lord, we heard a caller calling us to faith:
“Believe in your Lord!” and we believed. Our Lord, forgive us our
wrong actions, erase our bad actions from us and take us back to
You with those who are truly good.’ (Surah Al ‘Imran, 193)
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. (Surat an-Nahl, 119)

All they said was, ‘Our Lord, forgive us our wrong actions and any
excesses we went to in what we did and make our feet firm and help
us against these disbelieving people.’ (Surah Al ‘Imran, 147)
Ask your Lord for forgiveness and then repent to Him…(Surah
Hud, 3)
We sent no Messenger except to be obeyed by God’s permission. If
only when they wronged themselves they had come to you and

asked God’s forgiveness and the Messenger had asked forgiveness
for them they would have found God Ever-Returning, Most Mer-
ciful. (Surat an-Nisa’, 64)
But if anyone repents after his wrongdoing and puts things right,
God will turn towards him. God is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Surat al-Ma’idah, 39)

But as for those who repent and act rightly, they will hopefully be
successful. (Surat al-Qasas, 67)
He (Salih) said, ‘My people, why are you so anxious to hasten the
bad before the good? If only you would ask for forgiveness from

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