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An-Nisa 4:17 انما التوبة على الله للذين يعملون السوء بجهالة ثم يتوبون من قريب فاولايك يتوب الله عليهم وكان الله عليما حكيما ١٧

4:17
إِنَّمَا
ٱلتَّوۡبَةُ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
لِلَّذِينَ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
ٱلسُّوٓءَ
بِجَهَٰلَةٖ
ثُمَّ
يَتُوبُونَ
مِن
قَرِيبٖ
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
يَتُوبُ
ٱللَّهُ
عَلَيۡهِمۡۗ
وَكَانَ
ٱللَّهُ
عَلِيمًا
حَكِيمٗا
١٧
Allah only accepts the repentance of those who commit evil ignorantly ˹or recklessly˺ then repent soon after1—Allah will pardon them. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
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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

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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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Chapter 4, Page 80, Juz 4

17. Allah only accepts the repentance of those who commit evil ignorantly ˹or recklessly˺ then repent soon after—Allah will pardon them. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. 18. However, repentance is not accepted from those who knowingly persist in sin until they start dying, and then cry, “Now I repent!” nor those who die as disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.

- Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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