Kifungu kilichotangulia kilijumuisha maelezo ya hali mbaya ambazo wakosefu watajikuta nazo siku ya Hukumu: "Lau waovu wangalikuwa wanamiliki kila kilichomo duniani, na mara mbili yake, bila shaka wangelitoa vyote kuwa fidia ili kujikomboa na adhabu chungu siku ya Kiyama. Kwa maana Mwenyezi Mungu atakuwa amewadhihirishia jambo ambalo hawakuwa wakilihesabu. Ovu la yale waliyoyatenda litakuwa limewadhihirikia; nao watazingirwa na kile walichokuwa wakikifanyia mzaha." (Aya 47-48) Sasa sūrah inaonyesha njia ya kurejea, ikiacha milango ya rehema ya Mwenyezi Mungu wazi, bila kuhitaji chochote kwa ajili ya kuingia isipokuwa toba ya dhati. Katika hatua hii, Mwenyezi Mungu anaonyesha matumaini ya msamaha na rehema Yake, yanayopatikana kwa wote waliokwenda kinyume, bila kujali makosa yao ni makubwa kiasi gani. Anawaalika wote kurejea Kwake kwa toba, pasipo kuwa na hisia yoyote ya kukata tamaa. Mwaliko huu wa kunufaika na neema ya Mwenyezi Mungu umeambatanishwa na picha ya mateso yatakayowangojea iwapo hawatatumia fursa hii ya kutubia kabla ya kuchelewa.

The previous passage included a description of the terrible situations in which the wrongdoers find themselves on the Day of Judgement: “If the wrongdoers possessed all that is on earth, and twice as much, they would surely offer it all as ransom from the awful suffering on the Day of Resurrection. For God will have made obvious to them something they have never reckoned with. Obvious to them will have become the evil of what they had done; and they will be overwhelmed by that which they used to deride.” (Verses 47-48) Now the sūrah shows the way back leaving the gates of God’s mercy wide open, requiring nothing for admittance except sincere repentance. At this point, God shows the prospect of His forgiveness and mercy available to all those who have transgressed no matter how great the sins they have committed are. He invites them all to turn back to Him with repentance, entertaining no feeling of despair. This invitation to benefit by God’s grace is coupled with an image of what awaits them of suffering if they do not take this opportunity to repent before it is too late.

[Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Mungu]: Enyi waja Wangu mliojidhulumu nafsi zenu! Msikate tamaa na rehema za Mungu. Mungu husamehe dhambi zote; Yeye peke yake ndiye Mwingi wa Msamaha, Mwenye Rehema.

Say: [Thus speaks God]: You servants of Mine who have transgressed against their own souls! Do not despair of God’s mercy: God forgives all sins; He alone is Much- Forgiving, Merciful. (Verse 53)

Ni rehema ya Mwenyezi Mungu inayofuta kila dhambi, iwe ni ipi. Ni mwito kwa wale wote ambao wamezama sana katika upotovu na kuishi maisha yaliyowapeleka mbali sana kutoka njiani, kuwaambia kwamba tumaini bado lipo, na kwamba rehema na msamaha wa Mungu havipo mbali nao. Mungu ni Mwingi wa rehema zaidi kwa waja Wake. Anajua udhaifu wao na mambo yanayowaathiri, iwe ni ndani yao wenyewe au katika jamii. Anafahamu kwamba Shetani huwategea mitego kila kona, kwa kutumia nguvu mbalimbali, bila kuchoka katika jitihada zake za kuwapotosha. Zaidi ya hayo, Mungu anajua kwamba mwanadamu anaweza kuanguka kwa urahisi anapolegeza kifungo chake na ukweli, na kwamba tamaa zake na matarajio yake yanaweza kwa urahisi kuvuruga usawa wake, yakimvuta upande huu au ule, na kumwongoza katika upotovu.

It is divine mercy that will erase every transgression, whatever it happens to be. It is an invitation to all those who have gone far into error and led a life that has taken them far astray, telling them hope still remains available and God’s mercy and forgiveness are not far from them. God is most merciful to His servants. He knows their weaknesses and the factors that work on them, whether these are within themselves or in society. He is aware that Satan sets traps for them at every corner, using a great variety of forces, never tiring of his attempt to seduce them. Moreover, God knows that man can easily fall when he lets his bond to the truth weaken, and that his desires and aspirations can easily disturb his equilibrium, pulling him this way or that, leading him into error.

Kwa kuwa Mungu anajua yote haya kuhusu binadamu, humpa msaada wa kutosha, akifungua milango ya rehema yake. Hamhesabu dhambi yake hadi amwezeshe njia zote na nyenzo zote za kurekebisha kosa lake na kuboresha mwenendo wake. Hata hivyo, mtu anapozama sana katika dhambi, akidhani kwamba amekataliwa kabisa na Mungu na kwamba kila kitu kimepotea, basi katika kipindi hiki cha kukata tamaa kabisa husikia maneno mazuri yanayoonyesha rehema isiyo na kikomo iliyo wazi kwake: “Sema: [Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Mungu]: Enyi waja Wangu ambao mmejidhulumu nafsi zenu! Msikate tamaa na rehema ya Mungu: Mungu husamehe dhambi zote; Yeye peke yake ndiye Mwingi wa Msamaha, Mwingi wa Rehema.” (Aya ya 53)

As God knows all this about man, He provides him with ample help, opening the gates of His mercy. He does not take him to task for his sin until He has facilitated for him all the ways and means to rectify his error and mend his ways. Nevertheless, when man goes deep into sin, thinking that he is totally rejected by God and that all is lost, he hears at this point of utter despair a fine address expressing the unlimited mercy available to him: “Say: [Thus speaks God]: You servants of Mine who have transgressed against their own souls! Do not despair of God’s mercy: God forgives all sins; He alone is Much-Forgiving, Merciful.” (Verse 53)