Whoever wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
“Whoever wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.”
If anyone does an evil action or wrongs themselves by committing sins, and then they ask for forgiveness from Allah, regretfully admitting their sin and leaving it, they will find that Allah is always ready to forgive their sins and show them mercy.
The plain meaning, from Al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ يَجِدِ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
What does Quran 4:110 mean?
The passage around this verse is about a real case of injustice in Madinah — a man who stole and then tried to pin it on someone innocent. The door is left open even there. The commentators are careful about what “seeks forgiveness” means in the verse: regret that admits the sin and leaves it, not the words on their own.
Written from Al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir