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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ﴿٨٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Except for those who repent after that and correct themselves. For indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

إِلَّاillāExcept
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
تَابُوا۟tābūrepent
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
وَأَصْلَحُوا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand reform[ed] themselves
فَإِنَّfa-innaThen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah Does Not Guide People Who Disbelieve After they Believed, Unless They RepentIbn Jarir recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "A man from the Ansar embraced Islam, but later reverted and joined the polytheists. He later on became sorry and sent his people to, `Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for me, if I can repent.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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