Transliteration:( Illaa man taaba wa 'aamana wa 'amila 'amalan saalihan fa ulaaa'ika yubad dilul laahu saiyi aatihim hasanaat; wa kaanal laahu Ghafoorar Raheemaa )
121. From this we learn that repentance can be sought in matters of murder, but only with Divine right.Â
As far as human rights are concerned, it is important to seek forgiveness from the person concerned. In other words, to pay blood money to the heirs of the victim and seek forgiveness from them would be the repentance of murder.
122. From this, we learn that a prerequisite for repentance is to change your bad deeds thereafter. Express remorse for the previous sins. and safeguard yourself from the sin in future. These are two pillars of repentance.
123. Or in this way, due to the blessings of repentance Allah Almighty will guide you towards piety in the future. And that person through the bounties of Allah Almighty will die doing good deeds equal or even more to the sinful deeds, thereby obtaining atonement for his sins.Â
Or, Allah Almighty on the Day of Judgement would give such a person one good deed for every sin out of His Generosity. This would not be compensated for the sins. but as an exchange for them, like alchemists' stone changes copper into gold, and the use of salt changes alcohol into vinegar.
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The tafsir of Surah Furqan verse 70 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Furqan ayat 68 which provides the complete commentary from verse 68 through 71.
(25:70) unless he repents and believes and does righteous works. For such, Allah will change their evil deeds into good deeds.[86] Allah is Ever Forgiving, Most Compassionate.
86. This is a good news for those people who repented and reformed themselves, for they will have the benefit of the general amnesty contained in (verse 70). This was regarded as a great blessing by the true servants because very few of those who embraced Islam had been free from those vices during their ignorance, and were terrified by the threat contained in (verses 63-69), but this amnesty not only redeemed them but filled them with hope.
Many instances of such people, who sincerely repented and reformed their lives, have been related in the traditions. For instance, Ibn Jarir and Tabarani have related an incident from Abu Hurairah, who savs: One day when 1 returned home after offering the lsha prayer in the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) Mosque, I saw a woman standing at my door. I saluted her and walked into my room, closed the door and busied myself in voluntary worship. After a while she knocked at the door. I opened the door and asked what she wanted. She said that she had come with a problem: She had committed zina, had become pregnant, given birth to a child and then killed it. She wanted to know if there was any chance of her sin being forgiven. I replied in the negative. She went back griefstricken, exclaiming, Ah! this beautiful body was created for the fire! The next morning, after the prayer, when I related the night’s incident before the Prophet (peace be upon him), he said: You gave a very wrong answer, Abu Hurairah: Haven’t you read the Quranic verse which says: (Those) who do not invoke any deity other than Allah…except the one who may have repented (after those sins) and have believed and done righteous deeds? Hearing this from the Prophet (peace be upon him), I went out in search of the woman, and had her traced again at the Isha time. I gave her the good news and told her what the Prophet (peace be upon him) had said in reply to her question. She immediately fell prostrate on the ground and thanked Allah, Who had opened a way for her forgiveness. Then she offered repentance and set a slave-girl, along with her son, free. A similar incident about an old man has been related in the traditions. He came before the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, all my life has passed in sin, there is no sin which I have not committed; so much so that if my sins were to be distributed over the people of the whole world, they would all be doomed. Is there any way out for my forgiveness? The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked him: Have you embraced Islam? He said: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Go back, Allah is All-Forgiving and has the power to change your evil deeds into good deeds. He asked: Is it about all my crimes and errors? The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: Yes, it is about all your crimes and errors. (Ibn Kathir).
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