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15 َا ل ت ; ا ِئ ُب ِم َن ا ل ذ ; ْن ِب َك َم ْن Bَ َذ ْن َب َل ُه That is, “The one who repents from sin is like one who did not sin”. 9 The Quran calls God Ghafoor (The One Who forgives), and states: ﻗ َ ﺎ ل َ ﻋ َ ﺬ َ ا ىب ِ ۡ ۤ ا ُ ﺻ ِ ﻴ ۡ ﺐ ُ ﺑ ِ ﻪ ٖ ﻣ َ ﻦ ۡ ا َ ﺷ َ ﺎ ٓ ء ُ ۚ و َ ر َ مح ۡ َ ىت ِ ۡ و َ ﺳ ِ ﻌ َ ﺖ ۡ لك ُ 7 ىش َ ۡ ء ٍ ؕ That is, “God said, ‘I will inflict My punishment on whom I will; but My mercy encompasses all things’” (Holy Quran, 7:157). God has given us great hope in this verse and clearly declared that His mercy encompasses everything else. No sin is beyond the mercy of Allah as long as there is sincere repentance prior to a person’s death. When a person has committed a sin, the important thing to do is to keep on reciting Istighfar , in the words: َا ْس َت ْغ ِف ُر ا Hَ َر 6ب ْي ِم ْن ُك ل 6 َذ ْن ٍب و ; َا ُت ْو ُب ِا َل ْی ه That is, “I seek forgiveness from Allah for all my sins and turn towards Him in all sincerity”. It should be kept in mind here that some people have