A CURATED COLLECTION
Read, return, and begin again.
Read reminders about mercy together with the surrounding calls to repentance and returning to Allah. For example, Az-Zumar 39:53 is followed by a call to turn back in 39:54. Keeping that connection visible helps avoid presenting forgiveness as a quotation with all responsibility removed. These entries offer starting points for reading, not a ruling on any individual person’s situation. Practical repair may include acknowledging harm and taking steps to put it right. The source links let you check both wording and context. Our reflections are clearly separated from the Qur’anic text and should not be quoted as revelation.
۞ قُلْ يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Qur’an 39:53 · Az-Zumar
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وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ يَجِدِ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
Yet whoso doeth evil or wrongeth his own soul, then seeketh pardon of Allah, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 4:110 · An-Nisaa
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وَإِنِّى لَغَفَّارٌۭ لِّمَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا ثُمَّ ٱهْتَدَىٰ
And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.
Qur’an 20:82 · Taa-Haa
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وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا۟ وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ
And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear not to give to the near of kin and to the needy, and to fugitives for the cause of Allah. Let them forgive and show indulgence. Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you? Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 24:22 · An-Noor
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَقْبَلُ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَنِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
And He it is Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen, and pardoneth the evil deeds, and knoweth what ye do,
Qur’an 42:25 · Ash-Shura
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فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًۭا
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
Qur’an 71:10 · Nooh
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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوْبَةًۭ نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِىَّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ ۖ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَىٰ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَٰنِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ
O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your evil deeds and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.
Qur’an 66:8 · At-Tahrim
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إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًۭا صَٰلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ حَسَنَٰتٍۢ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
Save him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for such, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur’an 25:70 · Al-Furqaan
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وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابًۭا
And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance -
Qur’an 25:71 · Al-Furqaan
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وَأَنِيبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.
Qur’an 39:54 · Az-Zumar
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وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى رَحِيمٌۭ وَدُودٌۭ
Ask pardon of your Lord and then turn unto Him (repentant). Lo! my Lord is Merciful, Loving.
Qur’an 11:90 · Hud
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يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ إِلَيْهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
O people, seek repentance from Allah. Verily, I seek repentance from Him a hundred times a day.
Sahih Muslim 2702b · Source checked
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اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي
O Allah, grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to the path of righteousness and provide me sustenance.
Sahih Muslim 2697a · Source checked
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وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلاَمِ
and the better of the two will be the one who greets the other first.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6077 · Source checked
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أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
I acknowledge Your blessings upon me, and I admit my sins. So forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6306 · Source checked
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اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
O Allah, grant to my soul the sense of righteousness and purify it, for Thou art the Best Purifier thereof.
Sahih Muslim 2722 · Source checked
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إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي
Verily My Mercy overcomes My Anger.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7404 · Source checked
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أَنْظِرُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا
Look towards both of them until there is reconciliation
Sahih Muslim 2565a, b · Source checked
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تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ، لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنَّا
Forgive him so that Allah may forgive us.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2078 · Source checked
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وَلَكِنِ الْوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قَطَعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا
but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5991 · Source checked
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وَجَدَ غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَأَخَّرَهُ، فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ، فَغَفَرَ لَهُ
he saw a thorny branch and removed it from the way and Allah became pleased by his action and forgave him for that.
Sahih al-Bukhari 652, 653, 654 · Source checked
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لاَ يَسْتُرُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عَبْدٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
The servant (whose fault) Allah conceals in this world, Allah would also conceal (his faults) on the Day of Resurrection.
Sahih Muslim 2590a · Source checked
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فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَهُمْ
The Prophet (ﷺ) went to them along with some of his companions in order to make peace between them.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2690 · Source checked
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وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ لِيَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ
He stretches out His Hand during the day so that the people may repent for the fault committed from dusk to dawn.
Sahih Muslim 2759a, b · Source checked
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اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا
Allah is more merciful to His slaves than this lady to her son.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5999 · Source checked
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وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي
and I am with him if He remembers Me.
Sahih al-Bukhari 7405 · Source checked
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وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً
By Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6307 · Source checked
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مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَتَأَلَّى عَلَىَّ أَنْ لاَ أَغْفِرَ لِفُلاَنٍ
Who is he who adjures about Me that I would not grant pardon to so and so;
Sahih Muslim 2621 · Source checked
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فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
Grant me pardon from Thyself, have mercy upon me for Thou art much Forgiving and Compassionate.
Sahih Muslim 2705a · Source checked
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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ
I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I did and from the evil of what I did not.
Sahih Muslim 2716a · Source checked
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لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَيَنْمِي خَيْرًا، أَوْ يَقُولُ خَيْرًا
He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2692 · Source checked
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He is successful who groweth,
Qur’an 87:14 · Al-A'laa
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وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ
And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
Qur’an 87:15 · Al-A'laa
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يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌۭ وَلَا بَنُونَ
The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
Qur’an 26:88 · Ash-Shu'araa
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إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍۢ سَلِيمٍۢ
Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
Qur’an 26:89 · Ash-Shu'araa
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۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
Qur’an 15:49 · Al-Hijr
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وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ
And that My doom is the dolorous doom.
Qur’an 15:50 · Al-Hijr
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