وَلَيۡسَتِ
ٱلتَّوۡبَةُ
لِلَّذِينَ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
حَضَرَ
أَحَدَهُمُ
ٱلۡمَوۡتُ
قَالَ
إِنِّي
تُبۡتُ
ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ
وَلَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَمُوتُونَ
وَهُمۡ
كُفَّارٌۚ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
أَعۡتَدۡنَا
لَهُمۡ
عَذَابًا
أَلِيمٗا
١٨
The forgiveness is not for those who do ill-deeds until, when death attendeth upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I repent now; nor yet for those who die while they are disbelievers. For such We have prepared a painful doom.
— M. Pickthall
But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.
— Saheeh International
Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil, until death faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" nor of those who die rejecting Faith: for them have We prepared a punishment most grievous.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Repentance is Accepted Until one Faces death
Allah states that He accepts repentance of the servant who commits an error in ignorance and then repents, even just before he sees the angel who captures the soul, before his soul reaches his throat. Mujahid and others said, "Every person who disobeys All
…Repentance is Accepted Until one Faces death
Allah states that He accepts repentance of the servant who commits an error in ignorance and then repents,
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