The commentary on the interpretation of His statement, the Exalted: ﴿Indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful (37) We said, "Go down from it, all of you"﴾

Abū Jaʿfar said: The interpretation of His statement: {Indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful} is that God—majestic be His praise—is the One Who accepts repentance from whichever of His sinful servants repents to Him, relinquishing His punishment of him due to his returning to His obedience after his disobedience regarding his past sin. And we have mentioned that the meaning of Repentance (Tawba) from a servant to his Lord is his returning to His obedience and his returning to what pleases Him by abandoning the matters that anger Him in which he was persisting and which his Lord dislikes. Likewise, God turning in forgiveness to His servant means that He grants him that,

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