Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ghafir, Ayah 3
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Forgiver of sins for believers and Accepter of repentance from them al-tawb is the verbal noun Severe in punishment of disbelievers — in other words One Who makes it severe for them — One of abundant bounty bestower of abundant grace — God is eternally possessed of all of these attributes and so the annexation construction using the derivatives of these attributes is for the purposes of characterisation as in the case of the last. There is no god except Him; to Him is the journeying the ultimate return.
Related Hadiths
“He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (god) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).” Then he sa...
The Messenger of Allah said regarding this Ayah: “He is the One deserving of the Taqwa, and He is the One Who forgives. – he said: ‘Allah, Blessed is He and Most High, said: “I am the most worthy to h...
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(The Forgiver of sin) He forgives the sins of those who say: " there is no deity except Allah " , (the Acceptor of repentance) He accepts those who repent of idolatry, (the Stern in punishment) regarding those who die as idolaters, (the Bountiful) the Possessor of favour and grace and independence from need; that is to say he has favours and graces for those who believe in him and is independent from need of those who disbelieve in Him. (There is no God) who does this (save Him. Unto Him is the journeying) to Him is the journeying of those who believe in Him as well as of those who do not believe in Him.