Do not despair of the mercy of Allah
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا
"Say: 'O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.'"
Context
The verse the scholars call the most hopeful in the Qurʾan. Ibn ʿAbbās said no verse in the book of Allah is wider in mercy.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah, but we the people of the House say"
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"So do not despair, for Allah made Yusuf master of his treasures after his liberation from prison."
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"The deniers and rejecters are those who despair for eternity of the mercy of Allah, the exalted."
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"The Hadith says, Do not despair over provision as long as your heads are still moving, narrated"
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"Allah says, Say, O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the"
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"rely on hope, for the mercy of Allah is greater than your sins. He replied, It is not my sins"
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"Convey my peace and the mercy of Allah upon yourselves and upon those who enter your religion"
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"They added, And the mercy of Allah. Everyone who enters paradise will be in the form of Adam."
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"Allah Almighty says, Is he whose foundation is laid on piety to Allah, from Surah At-Tawbah."
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"The mention of the people of Qamr al-Aqqam has occurred in the Surahs of At-Tawbah, Ibrahim,"
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"Ad and Thamud in his book, as in Surat At-Tawbah, Ibrahim, Al-Furqan, Surah Sa'd, Surah Qaf,"
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"It was by the mercy of Allah that you were gentle with them. Asceticism is from his saying,"
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"God Almighty will forgive all sins, even if they are as vast as the foam of the sea, grains"
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"He also states, Indeed, Allah commands justice and kindness, and the mercy of Allah is near"
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"he said to them, Do not despair over provision as long as your heads are still moving, for"
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"Abu Musa al-Ashari said a chapter akin to At-Tawbah was revealed and then lifted, leaving"
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"He also said, Say, O my servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair"
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"one who mocks the signs of Allah, is reported by Ibn Abi al-Dunya in At-Tawbah, and from"
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