Surah At-Tahrim (66) — Ayah 8

(Ayah 8) ➊ { يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا تُوْبُوْۤا اِلَى اللّٰهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوْحًا : ’’ تَوْبَةً ‘‘ ’’ تَابَ يَتُوْبُ تَوْبَةً ‘‘} (N) To return. {’’ نَصُوْحًا ‘‘ ’’نَصَحَ يَنْصَحُ نُصْحًا‘‘} (F) is an intensive form on the pattern of {’’فَعُوْلٌ‘‘}, meaning very pure. This pattern is used in the same way for masculine and feminine, singular, dual, and plural, so {’’ تَوْبَةً ‘‘} despite being masculine, is the attribute of {’’ نَصُوْحًا ‘‘} (feminine). {’’نَصَحَ الشَّيْءُ‘‘} is used when something is pure, without any impurity. When honey or anything else is pure, it is called {’’اَلنُّصْحُ‘‘}. {’’اَلنُّصْحُ‘‘} (to be pure) is the opposite of {’’اَلْغَشُّ‘‘} (to be impure). In this verse, the way to be saved from Hell is explained; it is said, O you who believe! Turn to Allah with a pure and sincere turning. That is, if you have become distant from Allah by disobeying Him, then abandon that and return to Him. The first condition of sincere repentance is that a person feels remorse for the sin solely out of fear of Allah, not due to any worldly loss. Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: [ اَلنَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ ] [ ابن ماجہ، الزھد، باب ذکر التوبۃ : ۴۲۵۲، وقال الألباني صحیح ] "Remorse is repentance." The second condition is to abandon the sin and to do so immediately. (See Nisa: 17; A'raf: 201) The third condition is to make a firm intention not to commit it again, and not to persist in the sin. (See Al Imran: 135) And the fourth condition is that if it relates to the rights of people, then as far as possible, fulfill them or seek forgiveness.
➋ { عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يُّكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّاٰتِكُمْ … :} In this, the glad tidings of forgiveness of sins and entry into gardens are given for sincere repentance.
➌ The word {يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِي اللّٰهُ النَّبِيَّ وَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مَعَهٗ : ’’ يَوْمَ ‘‘} is the adverb of {’’ يُدْخِلَكُمْ ‘‘}, meaning forgiveness of sins and entry into Paradise will be on the day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Those who believed with him include the Companions, the Followers, the Followers of the Followers, and all Muslims who come after them until the Day of Resurrection. For details, see the commentary of the last verse of Surah Fath. Among them, the Pure Wives are included even more so, because they believed in the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah granted them the honor of being the wives of His Prophet, and when they were given the choice to accept Allah, His Messenger, and the Hereafter or the world, they chose Allah, His Messenger, and the Hereafter. (See Ahzab: 28 to 34) And because of their sacrifice and patience, after them Allah forbade His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from marrying more women or replacing them with other women. See Surah Ahzab (52).
Even in this world, the Prophets and believing servants used to seek refuge from disgrace. (See Al Imran: 194; Shu'ara: 87) So Allah will save them from that disgrace.
➍ For { نُوْرُهُمْ يَسْعٰى بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ وَ بِاَيْمَانِهِمْ :}, see the commentary of Surah Hadid, verse (12).
➎ { يَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَاۤ اَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُوْرَنَا :} In the field of gathering, when a wall will be placed between the believers and the hypocrites, and the hypocrites will remain standing in darkness, the believers, fearing that their light might also be extinguished like the hypocrites, will pray to Allah to complete and preserve their light, so that with this light they may reach Paradise. See also Surah Hadid (13 to 15).