Translation:
Allah only accepts the repentance of those who commit evil ignorantly ˹or recklessly˺ then repent soon after6—Allah will pardon them. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
Allah only accepts the repentance of those who commit evil ignorantly ˹or recklessly˺ then repent soon after6—Allah will pardon them. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
Translation:
Verily, God's acceptance of repentance relates only to those who do evil out of ignorance and then repent before their time runs out: 15 and it is they unto whom God will turn again in His mercy - for God is all-knowing, wise;
Verily, God's acceptance of repentance relates only to those who do evil out of ignorance and then repent before their time runs out: 15 and it is they unto whom God will turn again in His mercy - for God is all-knowing, wise;
Commentary:
15 The expression min qarib, which here implies nearness in time, could also be rendered as "soon", i.e., soon after having committed the evil deed; most of the classical commentators, however, hold that in this context it denotes the time before the actual approach of death. This interpretation is borne out by the next verse.
15 The expression min qarib, which here implies nearness in time, could also be rendered as "soon", i.e., soon after having committed the evil deed; most of the classical commentators, however, hold that in this context it denotes the time before the actual approach of death. This interpretation is borne out by the next verse.
6 A person’s repentance will be accepted as long as they repent any time before their death. But one should not procrastinate because they do not know when they will die.