وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ٩
Allāh has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds [that] for them there is forgiveness and great reward.
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: those who believe and do good · 6 verses
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُمْ دَرَجَٰتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ٤
Those are the believers, truly. For them are degrees [of high position] with their Lord and forgiveness and noble provision.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهَاجَرُوا۟ وَجَٰهَدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاوَوا۟ وَّنَصَرُوٓا۟ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَّهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ٧٤
But those who have believed and emigrated and fought in the cause of Allāh and those who gave shelter and aided - it is they who are the believers, truly. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.
فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ٥٠
And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - for them is forgiveness and noble provision.
لِّيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ ٤
That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision.
ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ ٧
Those who disbelieve will have a severe punishment, and those who believe and do righteous deeds will have forgiveness and great reward.
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