Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Naml, Ayah 11

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إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًۢا بَعْدَ سُوٓءٍۢ فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

Save him who hath done wrong and afterward hath changed evil for good. And lo! I am Forgiving) I forgive the one who repents, (Merciful) I show mercy towards he who dies in a state of repentance.

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except him who has wronged his soul but then changed his wrong for good — he then performs good deeds — after having done evil in other words he has repented then truly I am Forgiving Merciful I will accept his repentance and forgive him.

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