سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 90
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱزْدَادُوا۟ كُفْرًا لَّن تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ﴿90﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, those who disbelieved after their Belief and then went on increasing in their disbelief (i.e. disbelief in the Qur’ân and in Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) - never will their repentance be accepted [because they repent only by their tongues and not from their hearts]. And they are those who are astray.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِيمَـٰنِهِمْ
īmānihim
their belief
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ٱزْدَادُوا۟
iz'dādū
they increased
كُفْرًۭا
kuf'ran
(in) disbelief
لَّن
lan
never
تُقْبَلَ
tuq'bala
will be accepted
تَوْبَتُهُمْ
tawbatuhum
their repentance
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
and those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلضَّآلُّونَ
l-ḍālūna
(are) those who have gone astray
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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90. But those who disbelieve after having believed, and then increase in disbelief, their repentance will never be accepted [79], and they are truly the ones who have gone astray.
[79]
Conditions for the Acceptance of Repentance:
One situation is, for example, that the Jews believed in Prophet Musa (Moses) ؑ. Then, by denying Prophet Isa (Jesus) ؑ, they adopted an attitude of disbelief. After that, they also denied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which further increased their disbelief. For such obstinate people, repentance will never be accepted. The second situation is that a person believed, then after that became an apostate. Then, not only did he stop there, but he intensified his activities in enmity against Islam; for such a person, too, repentance will not be accepted. The third situation is that after becoming an apostate, he remained firm on disbelief, and when the time of death approached, he thought of repenting. Even at that time, repentance will not be accepted. However, for those who, during their lives, were active in enmity against Islam and were engaged in spreading heresy and false beliefs among people through speech and writing, the acceptance of their repentance has been stated by Allah Almighty in Surah Al-Baqarah, verse number 160, in these words:
﴿ اِلآَ الَّذِيْنَ تَابُوْا وَاَصْلَحُوْا وَبَيَّنُوْا﴾
That is, for the acceptance of their repentance, three conditions are necessary:
(1) They must repent sincerely.
(2) They must correct their actions and reform themselves, and whatever heresy or false beliefs they have spread among people, they must openly refute them. If they spread misguidance through speech, then in a similar public gathering, they must express their disavowal of such beliefs and admit their mistake. And if they were guilty of spreading misguidance in written form, then they must make amends in writing and admit their mistake. If they do so, then the repentance of such people can also be accepted.
[79]
Conditions for the Acceptance of Repentance:
One situation is, for example, that the Jews believed in Prophet Musa (Moses) ؑ. Then, by denying Prophet Isa (Jesus) ؑ, they adopted an attitude of disbelief. After that, they also denied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which further increased their disbelief. For such obstinate people, repentance will never be accepted. The second situation is that a person believed, then after that became an apostate. Then, not only did he stop there, but he intensified his activities in enmity against Islam; for such a person, too, repentance will not be accepted. The third situation is that after becoming an apostate, he remained firm on disbelief, and when the time of death approached, he thought of repenting. Even at that time, repentance will not be accepted. However, for those who, during their lives, were active in enmity against Islam and were engaged in spreading heresy and false beliefs among people through speech and writing, the acceptance of their repentance has been stated by Allah Almighty in Surah Al-Baqarah, verse number 160, in these words:
﴿ اِلآَ الَّذِيْنَ تَابُوْا وَاَصْلَحُوْا وَبَيَّنُوْا﴾
That is, for the acceptance of their repentance, three conditions are necessary:
(1) They must repent sincerely.
(2) They must correct their actions and reform themselves, and whatever heresy or false beliefs they have spread among people, they must openly refute them. If they spread misguidance through speech, then in a similar public gathering, they must express their disavowal of such beliefs and admit their mistake. And if they were guilty of spreading misguidance in written form, then they must make amends in writing and admit their mistake. If they do so, then the repentance of such people can also be accepted.
