Transliteration:( Alam ya'lamooo annal laaha huwa yaqbalut tawbata 'an ibaadihee wa ya'khuzus sadaqaati wa annal laaha huwat Tawwaabur Raheem )
290. Thus no one should despair from the mercy of Allah Almighty. It should be remembered the repentance of different sins takes different forms. The repentance from infidelity is to accept faith. If human rights have been infringed, its repentance is to fullfil the rights or seek forgiveness from the rightful person. If religious duties have been omitted, their repentance would be to perform these duties. If repentance is made by complying with its conditions then it would certainly be accepted.Â
This is the promise of Allah Almighty.Â
From this a few issues emerge
1. Offering repentance by presenting oneself at the holy shrine of the Beloved Prophet of allah is the best form of its acceptability.
2. That charity which is distributed through is most the Holy Prophet superior ?. The Noble Companions had made this their practice.Â
291. The jurists of Islam maintain that the repentance of the one who insults the dignity of the Holy Prophet ? will not be accepted.
What this means is the Islamic judges cannot forgive such wretches. Such a person according to the laws of Shariah would be punished by death. Therefore the juristic issue is not contradicting this blessed verse because in it mention is being made of acceptance of repentance by Allah Almighty. like acceptance of repentance of the one who repeatedly becomes an apostate
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The tafsir of Surah Taubah verse 104 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Taubah ayat 103 which provides the complete commentary from verse 103 through 104.
(9:104) Are they not aware that it is Allah Who accepts the repentance of His servants and accepts their alms, and that it is Allah Who is Oft-Relenting, Ever Merciful?
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
[503]- Refer to footnote in 2:37.
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