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than the richest person who did not accept the last message sent by Allah to guide
humankind.
Allah says in the Qur'an (3/85), "Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will
not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he will be among the losers." He
also says in 5/36-37, "As for those who reject faith, if they had everything on
earth, and twice as much again and offered it to ransom themselves from the
torment of the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted from them and they
will have a painful punishment. They will want to get out of the Fire but they
will not be able to, and they will have an everlasting punishment.".
So while one's soul is still within his body and he can still breathe, speak and is conscious
of his actions, he can always repent to Allah, the Exalted. If repentance is sincere and
one testifies that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is
His Messenger, while avoiding all forms of paganism, Allah will forgive him, even if he
should be but a minute's distance away from the Hellfire. Allah will then change the
person's bad deeds into good deeds and allow him or her entrance into Paradise eternally.
Allah says, "…Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For
them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good.And ever is Allah Forgiving
and Merciful." (25/70)
He also says, "But the ones who believe and do righteous deeds – We will admit
them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever.
[It is] the promise of Allah, [which is] truth, and who is more truthful
than Allah in statement?" (4/122) It is the promise of Allah for anyone who wants to
repent sincerely and start a new life. I close this invitation, citing the following verses
from the Qur'an, where Allah, the Almighty, gives the opportunity to all human beings to
repent sincerely. He invites sinners to repent, regardless of the magnitude of their sins,
and He will forgive them.
The Qur'an (39/53-54) says, "Say, 'O My slaves who have transgressed against
themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah.
Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the
Merciful. And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the
punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.'"

Here also, Allah informs us that time for repentance is of limited duration and that when
death arrives it is no longer possible to obtain forgiveness.