Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu tubu ila Allahi tawbatan nasuhan 'asa rabbukum an yukaffira 'an kum sayyiatikum wa yudkhilakum jannatin tajri min tahtiha al-anharu yawma la yukhzi Allahu an-nabiyya wa alladhina amanu ma'ahu nuruhum yas'a bayna aydihim wa bi aymanihim yaquluna rabbana atmim la na nurana wa ighfir la na innaka 'ala kulli shayin qadirun
O you, those who have faith! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance: In the hope that your Lord will remove your bad deeds from you and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow,- the Day that Allah will not permit to be humiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their Light will run forward before them and by their right hands, while they say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and grant us forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things.
The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir:
A true, firm repentance that erases the evil sins that preceded it and mend the shortcoming of the repenting person, encouraging and directing him to quit the evil that he used to do... on the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not disgrace those who believed in the Prophet... Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak and Al-Hasan Al-Basri and others said, "This is the statement that the believers will say on the Day of Resurrection, when they witness the light of the hypocrites being extinguished"
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