إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
As for those who repent afterwards and mend their ways, then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
except those who repent afterwards and mend their ways, then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Verbatim exception clause: 'except those who repent afterward and reform; indeed Allah is Forgiving, Merciful'; 3:89 follows the condemnation of apostates, 24:5 follows the prescribed punishment for false accusers of chastity.
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