REPENTANCE

Arabic taubah ( توبة‎ ). Lit . “The turning of the heart from sin.” (An-Nawawī’s Commentary on Muslim , vol. ii. p. 354.) It is frequently enjoined in the Qurʾān, e.g .:— Sūrah iv. 20 : “If they repent and amend let them be. Verily God is he who relenteth. He is merciful.” Sūrah xxiv. 32 : “Be ye wholly turned to God, O ye believers, and it shall be well with you.” Sūrah xxv. 71 : “Whoso hath repented and hath done what is right, he verily it is who turneth to God with a true conversion.” [ PARDON .]