4. Sūrat al-Nisāʾ

٤۔ سُورَةُ النِّسَاء

4.12 Acceptable vs. Unacceptable repentance.

٤۔١٢ مقطع في سُورَةُ النِّسَاء

quran:4:17

The repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance ˹or carelessness˺ and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.  

The repentance that God accepts, that is, the one which He has prescribed for Himself to accept, out of His bounty, is only of those who do evil, an act of disobedience, in ignorance (bi-jahālatin, a circumstantial qualifier, in other words, ‘they are ignorant’ while they are disobeying their Lord); then repent shortly thereafter, before the last gasps of death; God will relent to those, He will accept their repentance. And God is ever Knowing, of His creatures, Wise, in what He does with them.
القرآن:٤:١٧

إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا  

{إنما التوبة على الله} أي التي كتب على نفسه قبولها بفضله {للذين يعملون السوء} المعصية {بجهالة} حال أي جاهلين إذا عصوا ربهم {ثم يتوبون من} زمن {قريب} قبل أن يغرغروا {فأولئك يتوب الله عليهم} يقبل توبتهم {وكان الله عليما} بخلقه {حكيما} في صنعه بهم.
quran:4:18

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.  

Repentance is not for those who do evil deeds, sins, until, when death approaches one of them, and the pangs of death begin, he says, upon witnessing his predicament: ‘Indeed now I repent’, for this would not avail him and would not be accepted from him; neither for those who die disbelieving, if they repent in the Hereafter upon seeing the chastisement: it will not be accepted from them. Those — We have prepared for them a painful chastisement.
القرآن:٤:١٨

وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّي تُبْتُ الْآنَ وَلَا الَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا  

{وليست التوبة للذين يعملون السيئات} الذنوب {حتى إذا حضر أحدهم الموتُ} وأخذ في النزع {قال} عند مشاهدة ما هو فيه {إنِّي تبت الآن} فلا ينفعه ذلك ولا يقبل منه {ولا الذين يموتون وهم كفار} إذا تابوا في الآخرة عند معاينة العذاب لا تقبل منهم {أولئك أعتدنا} أعددنا {لهم عذابا أليما} مؤلما.