﴿ رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًۭا ﴾

“Your Sustainer is fully aware of what is in your hearts. If you are righteous, [He will forgive you your errors]: for, behold, He is much-forgiving to those who turn unto Him again and again.”

Your Lord knows best what is within your souls (nufūsikum)�That is, what is in your hearts (qulūb), because the heart includes the intellect (ʿaql), the self (nafs) and desire (hawā). His words:�If you are righteous, then truly He is Forgiving to those who keep turning [to Him] in repentance.Ibn al-Musayyib said: �The one who turns again and again in penitence (awwāb) is the one who sins, then repents, then sins, then repents, and dies in a state of repentance�. Ḥasan al-Baṣrī said, �The awwāb is the penitent who repents without delay. Indeed he is ready (muhayyaʾ) for repentance at every instant and moment.� It was related on the authority of Ḍamra b. Ḥabīb that the Prophet said: �He for whom a door to goodness has been opened should seize [the opportunity] as he does not know when it will close on him.� This means that he should seriouslyconsider his present moment (waqt) and not procrastinate.His words, Exalted is He: