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The repentance that Allahu ta’ālā accepts, that is, the one which He has prescribed for Himself to accept, out of His bounty, is only of those who do evil, an act of disobedience, in ignorance (bi-jahālatin, a circumstantial qualifier, in other words, 'they are ignorant' while they are disobeying their Rabb); then repent shortly thereafter, before the last gasps of death; Allahu ta’ālā will relent to those, He will accept their repentance. And Allahu ta’ālā is ever Knowing, of His creatures, Wise, in what He does with them.