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قُلْ يٰعِبَادِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُواْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لاَ تَقْنَطُواْ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعاً إِنَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
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-Az-Zumar ( الزمر )

Tafsir al-Tustari

Say [that God declares]: ‘O My servants who have been prodigal against their souls! Do not despair of God’s mercy…’He said:God, Exalted is He, has given his servants respite, out of His bounty, up to their last breath, and He says to them, ‘Do not despair of My mercy; even if you came back to Me in your last breath, I would receive you.’He said:This verse is the most far reaching in conveying the compassion (ishfāq) shown by God, Exalted is He, to His servants; because, in accordance with His knowledge, He does not deprive them of that which He bestows on others, rather He showers mercy upon them to the point that He admits them to the very essence of [His] generosity (ʿayn al-karam), by virtue of [His] eternal remembrance of them. It was related of the angel Gabriel that he heard Abraham pray, ‘O You who are Most Generous in pardoning!’ Then Gabriel said to him, ‘O Abraham! Do you know what the generosity of His pardon (ʿafw) [implies]?’ He answered, ‘No, O Gabriel.’ He continued, ‘It is that when He pardons a misdeed, He converts it into a good deed.’ Then Sahl said:Witness this of me: it is part of my religion that I do not disown the sinners among the nation of Muḥammad , nor the wicked, the murderers, the adulterers or the thieves, for truly, the extent of the generosity, bounty, and beneficence that God, Exalted is He, shows, especially to the nation of Muḥammad , cannot be fathomed.His words:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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