Hasten to forgiveness — a garden wide as the heavens and earth
وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ
"And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the God-conscious — those who give in ease and hardship, who restrain their anger, and who pardon people."
Context
Revealed in Madīnah. The classical scholars read these verses as the short description of the people of Paradise.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"Almighty said, those who restrain anger and pardon people, highlighting that it's"
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"Among their commendable practices is their minimal oppression, being among the people farthest from it, as their sultan does not pardon anyone in such matters."
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"no escape except in His generosity and pardon. You will not leave His door except with forgiveness"
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"when making permissible what Allah has forbidden is not possible, it refers to seeking pardon for"
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"Dawud turned to weeping and wailing until God promised to secure Uriah's pardon in the hereafter."
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"Allah, the exalted, says, And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a paradise as wide as the"
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"Pardon the error and gently deal with someone who hopes in none, but you and trusts no one else"
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"Wab ibn Munabbi said, Tell him, verily, forgiveness and pardon come to me closer than anger and"
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"Al-Fudayl explained that when a servant says, I seek forgiveness from Allah, it means, pardon"
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"most merciful, through your forbearance of me, pardon me, up to indeed you are the sovereign,"
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"If you pardon me, I will never return to anything like it. So Umar pardoned him and departed."
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"when the verse, So pardon with gracious pardoning, was revealed, he asked, O Gabriel, what is"
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"have mercy and pardon what you know or any supplication you wish. Then return to prostration"
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"So how can we not pardon someone who is like us or even above us, who is neither our servant"
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"The following day, when he returned, the sultan said, I will not pardon you unless you marry"
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"Praise be to You how great is Your proof against me, and how honorable Your pardon over me."
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"For every longing to You, there is nearness, and for every intercessor seeking Your pardon."
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"you for pardon, well-being, protection, and firm certainty in this world and the hereafter."
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