ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ ١٧
The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allāh], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.
Quran verses about Forgiveness and seeking forgiveness (istighfar)
المغفرة والاستغفار
41 verses in 20 surahs · 12 subtopics
Seeking Allah’s forgiveness is commanded in these verses, which also describe those promised it: those who repent and reform, who believe and do good, the God-fearing and the patient. They record how believers and prophets such as Moses, Abraham and Solomon asked for forgiveness, and forbid seeking it on behalf of an associator or a hypocrite.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 41
- The command to seek forgiveness 12
- Moses seeks forgiveness 3
- Abraham seeks forgiveness 2
- Solomon seeks forgiveness 1
- Seeking forgiveness promptly, a cause of repentance being accepted 2
- No seeking forgiveness for an associator or a hypocrite 2
- Those promised forgiveness: whoever repents and reforms 6
- Those promised forgiveness: praise for those who seek it 2
- Those promised forgiveness: the pious 1
- Those promised forgiveness: those who believe and do good 6
- Those promised forgiveness: the patient and those who fear their Lord unseen 1
- This is how the believers seek forgiveness 5
Those promised forgiveness: praise for those who seek it · 2 verses
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ١٣٥
And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allāh and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allāh? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.
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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.