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Allah–the Fire. They will have it for their Eternal being wronged. (2:278-279)
Home as repayment for their renunciation of Our Except for those who, after that, repent and put
Signs. (41:28) things right. Truly Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Tell those who believe that they should forgive Merciful. (3:89)
those who feel no fear about the Days of Allah, Those who disbelieve after believing and then in-
when He will repay people according to what crease in their disbelief, their repentance will not
they earned. (45:14) be accepted. They are the misguided. (3:90)
On the Day when those who disbelieved are ex- If two of you commit a like abomination, punish
posed to the Fire: ‘You dissipated the good things them. If they repent and reform, leave them
you had in your worldly life and enjoyed yourself alone. Allah is Ever-Returning, Most Merciful.
in it. So today you are being repaid with the pun- (4:16)
ishment of humiliation for being arrogant in the Allah only accepts the repentance of those who
earth without any right and for being deviators.’ do evil in ignorance and then quickly repent after
(46:20) doing it. Allah turns towards such people. Allah
When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:17)
their valleys they said, ‘This is a storm cloud There is no repentance for people who persist in
which will give us rain.’ No, rather it is what you doing evil until death comes to them and who
desired to hasten–a wind containing painful pun- then say, ‘Now I repent,’ nor for people who die
ishment, destroying everything at its Lord’s com- disbeliever. We have prepared for them a painful
mand! When morning came you could see punishment. (4:18)
nothing but their dwellings. That is how We The hypocrites are in the lowest level of the Fire.
repay the people of the evildoers. (46:24-25) You will not find any one to help them, except
(They will be told,) ‘Roast in it! And bear it pa- those who repent and put things right and hold
tiently or do not bear it patiently. It makes no dif- fast to Allah and dedicate their religion to Allah
ference either way. You are simply being repaid alone; they are with the believers. Allah will give
for what you did.’ (52:16) the believers an immense reward. (4:145-146)
Everything in the heavens and everything in the The reprisal against those who wage war on
earth belongs to Allah so that He can repay those Allah and His Messenger, and go about the earth
who do evil for what they did and repay those corrupting it, is that they should be killed or cru-
who do good with the Very Best. (53:31) cified, or have their alternate hands and feet cut
The final fate of both of them is that they will be off, or be banished from the land. That will be
timelessly, for ever in the Fire. That is the repay- their degradation in this world and in the here-
ment of the wrongdoers. (59:17) after they will have a terrible punishment, except
for those who repent before you gain power over
REPENTANCE (TAWBAH) them. Know that Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Those who hide the Clear Signs and Guidance Merciful. (5:33-34)
We have sent down, after We have made it clear But if anyone repents after his wrongdoing and
to people in the Book, Allah curses them, and the puts things right, Allah will turn towards him.
cursers curse them–except for those who repent Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (5:39)
and put things right and make things clear. I turn When those who believe in Our Signs come to
towards them. I am the Ever-Returning, the Most you, say, ‘Peace be upon you!’ Allah has made
Merciful. (2:159-160) mercy incumbent on Himself. If anyone among
You who believe! Have fear of Allah and forgo you does evil out of ignorance and then after-
any remaining usury if you are believers. If you wards repents and puts things right, He is Ever-
do not, know that it means war from Allah and Forgiving, Most Merciful. (6:54)
His Messenger. But if you repent you may have When Musa came to Our appointed time and his
your capital, without wronging and without Lord spoke to him, he said, ‘My Lord, show me
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