Unacceptable Repentance (L-418)
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إِنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا بَعدَ إيمانِهِم ثُمَّ
ازدادوا كُفرًا لَن تُقبَلَ تَوبَتُهُم وَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الضّالّونَ90. |
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90. ‘Innal-laziina kafaruu ba’-da
‘iimaanihim summaz-daa-duu kufral-lan- tuqbala
taw-batuhum . wa ‘ulaaa-‘ika humuz-zaaal-luun. |
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90. As for those who disbelieve after having
believed, then plunge deeper into disbelief, their repentance will not be
accepted; these are the lost. |
Some more explanation has been made concerning repentance in this verse. The persons who abashed due to wrongdoings and errors, if they repented and began doing good works; God would accept their repentance and forgive them. Here it is commanded concerning those people who disbelieved intentionally after their belief, then remained denying it until the end of their life, had they neither returned from Infidelity, nor refrained from the enmity of the Observers of the laws of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). Moreover, they used to argue and fight the believers.
When the time of death reached and the angles (Peace be upon them) came to seize their souls, then they turned for repentance. Dear! What is the benefit of this repentance? The matter is clear that the purpose of repentance is correction and doing right. If anybody repented at death’s door while there is no chance and time for doing right, then there repentance is in vain.
When some people feel trouble and either they become helpless from the apparent circumstances, or the disease becomes incurable, then customarily and habitually they evoke “repentance”. This type of repentance is valueless. Some people perceive on their sins and incline towards God. But no sooner some time passed, circumstances changed, than they forgot everything, began evildoing and disobedience again. Repentance of such people cannot be acceptable also.
In everyday life, we observe that some persons do good work either for ostentation or when they are compelled to do so. As if, when they have power and authority, they do not intend towards goodness. When they become helpless, then they begin to accept that in future they would not commit evils. Such promise is useless. It means that heartily they do not have aversion from the evil and love with the goodness. On the contrary, they begin to evade false for getting benefit only for the time being. God commands, “in fact, these are the people, who are astray”.
We learnt from this verse that we should never go near the evil,
infidelity and denial. In addition, we must prostrate before God always for the guidance unto the
Straight Path. Whenever we commit any error unknowingly, then we should repent
forthwith.
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