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Allah will change their evil deeds to good

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) )"Who invoke no other deity along with Allah, nor take any life which Allahhas forbidden save justly; who do not commit unlawful sexual intercourseand whoso does that shall meet its penalty (punishment). His torment shallbe doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide in it inignominy. Unless he repents and reaffirm his believes and does righteousworks.(1) For such,Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds.(2)Allah is Ever Forgiving, Most Compassionate."[QS Al-Furqan, 25:68-70]

(1). This is good news for those whose life has been stained with various kinds ofsin in the past but who later repent and firmly decide to amend their behavior.The present verse amounts to a proclamation of general amnesty, which for

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millions of sinners provided a ray of hope and prompted them to reformthemselves.

Narrated by Tabari on the authority of Abu Hurayrah who said: "One night when Ireturned from the Prophet's Mosque after offering Isha Prayers, I saw a womanstanding outside my door. I said 'Peace be on you' and went into my room, closedthe door, and began to offer nafl (supererogatory) Prayers. After some time, she

knocked at the door. I opened the door and asked her what she wanted. 'I havecome to ask you a question. I committed adultery and became pregnant. Then ababy was born and I killed him. How I have come to ask you if there is any chancethat my sin be forgiven?' I said: 'Absolutely not'. At this she went away grief-stricken, exclaiming: 'Alas, this piece of beauty was created for the Hell-fire.'

"The next day, after the Fajr prayers, I narrated the whole incident to the Prophet(peace be on him). He said: 'How wrong an answer you gave, O Abu Hurayrah!Have you not read those verses in the Quran: "Those who invoke no other deityalong with Allah nor take the life which Allah has forbidden save justly; who donot commit unlawful sexual intercourse and whoso does that shall meet its

penalty, his torment shall be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection and heshall abide in it in ignominy unless he who repents and believes and doesrighteous works. For such Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allahis Ever Forgiving, Most Compassionate. Whosoever repents and does good, hereturns to Allah in the manner he should" (Al-Furqan 25:68-70).

Upon hearing this answer from the Prophet (Peace be on him), I went out andsearched for the woman. I met her after Isha Prayers and told her what theProphet (peace be on him) had said. She prostrated herself and said, 'Thanks beto God, Who has opened the door of forgiveness for me.' Then she repented andfreed a female slave and also the son of that slave."(See Tabari, 'Tafsir', comments on Surah al-Furqan 25:68-70 Ed.)

(2). This has two meanings. One, that when a person repents and gives up hisevil actions and begins to perform vitreous deed, in this new phase of life, of Faithand righteous conduct, his good deeds will replace the evil deeds of his past.Second, that as a result of his repentance, not only are the evil deeds which hecommitted during this period of disbelief and sinful living forgiven, but eachperson will be awarded for having given up a life of disbelief and transgressionand for replacing it with obedience and Faith. Moreover, for as many times assuch people feel ashamed of their past evil deeds, they will be rewarded thatsame number of times for having asked for forgiveness from God. Feelingashamed of one's sins and asking for forgiveness is, in itself, a good deed. In this

manner, all of one's evil deeds will eventually be replaced by good deeds and onewill not only be saved from punishment, but will also be amply rewarded.

In other verses, Allah states that He will remove the bad actions of those who actrightly.

) (And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at theapproaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those that

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are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember (theirLord).[QS Hud, 11:114]

Indeed good deeds, such as the five prayers, annul misdeeds, minor sins: thiswas revealed regarding one who kissed a female stranger and told the Prophet(s.a.w.) about it, and then asked him, Is this [verse true] for me? and the

Prophet said to him, It is [so] for every person of my community, as reported bythe two Shaykhs [Bukhr and Muslim]. That is a remembrance for the mindful, anadmonition for those who heed them.

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) (O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allh and fear Him, and speak(always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and willforgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allh and His Messenger(peace be upon him) he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. hewill be saved from the Hell-fire and will be admitted to Paradise).[QS Al-Ahzab, 33 : 70,71]