REPENTENCE
see also TAWBA
It has been defined as "The returning to a state of obedience" (Muhammad Ali, quoted by Emery VanGerpen, Notes on Islam, 1979, p.51)
- death-bed repentance too late, an-Nisa' 4:18
- Âl 'Imran 3:88-89,135; an-Nisa' 4:17-18; al-Ma'idah 5:39; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:119,