“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” — read online, free, in the Pickthall translation.
Read in context: Surah Az-Zumar, full text · Pickthall translation (public domain)
“Despair not of the mercy of Allah: surely Allah forgives all sins” — the verse of hope in divine mercy.
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Addressed to those who have wronged themselves, the verse commands them never to despair of God's mercy — for Allah forgives all sins entirely. It is among the most quoted verses on repentance (tawbah) in Islam.
This is the translation of Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), a respected public domain English rendering of the Qur'an.
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