{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw05.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw05.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw05.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nKoran. O ye who believe, repent unto God, for He loveth them who are penitent. O ye who believe in me, who by much sin have done a\ngreat wrong to themselves, despair not of the mercy of God, for He forgiveth all sins. Verily He forgiveth and is merciful.\nTraditions. Sorrow for sin is repentance. He who repents is like him who has not sinned.\nWise Sayings and Proverbs. No intercession succeeds so effectually as repentance.\nThe most truthful man is he who is true to his repentance.\nTwo sins only God does not forgive\u2014worship of false gods and injury to men.\n15:1 This opening chapter of the Koran\u2014very short as it is\u2014contains the fundamental principles of the whole book\u2014the doctrine of God, His infinite mercy, the immortality of the soul, the rewards and punishments of the world to come, and the duty of prayer, and thanksgiving, and adoration, and obedience. It is a fair specimen of all that is best in the \"Revealed Book\" of the Moslems, and is as frequently repeated by them as the Lord's Prayer is by Christians.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Repentance, and God's Forgiving Mercy","type":"page"}