عَنْ أَنَسِ بْن مَالِكٍ رضي الله عنه، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: «يا بْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي، غَفَرْتُ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ فِيكَ وَلَا أُبَالِي. يا بْنَ آدَمَ، لَوْ بَلَغَتْ ذُنُوبُكَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتَنِي، غَفَرْتُ لَكَ وَلَا أُبَالِي.يا بْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَتَيْتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الأرضِ خَطَايَا، ثُمَّ لَقِيتَنِي لَا تُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا، لَأَتَيْتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً
Anas ibn Mālik narrated:
1. I heard God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) say: God, Blessed and Exalted, says: ‘Son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you what you have done, and I shall not mind. 2. Son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds in the sky and were you then to pray for My forgiveness, I would forgive you, and I shall not mind. 3. Son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to meet Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as the earth’.
If, when they have wronged themselves, they would but come to you and pray to God to forgive them, and the Messenger prayed for their forgiveness, they would surely find that God is the one to accept repentance, ever-merciful.
(4: 64)
Excepted, however, shall be they who repent, attain to faith and do righteous deeds, for God will transform their bad deeds into good ones. God is indeed much-forgiving, ever-merciful.
(25: 70)
Say: ‘[Thus speaks God]: You servants of Mine who have transgressed against their own souls! Do not despair of God’s mercy: God forgives all sins; He alone is much-forgiving, ever-merciful’.
(39: 53)
I said: Ask your Lord for forgiveness: He is ever-forgiving.
(71: 10)
