Repentance means feeling remorse in the heart, asking for forgiveness with the tongue, giving up sin with the limbs, and firmly resolving never to return to that sin.
May God show mercy to the person who watches over their sins and fears their Lord.
Act righteously. Deeds will benefit, prayers will be heard, and repentance will be accepted.
Satan said, "I destroyed them with sins, but they destroyed me with repentance. When I saw this, I led them astray through desires so they would think they are guided, and thus would not seek forgiveness."
True repentance is when a person's inner self becomes like his outer self, or even better.
Whoever seeks forgiveness only with his tongue and does not feel remorse in his heart has merely mocked himself.
When a man asked, "What will erase my mistakes?" the reply came: Tears, humility, and illnesses.
A believer is caught between blessings and faults, and neither can be set right except through gratitude and seeking forgiveness.
There is repentance for every sin except bad character, because whenever its possessor leaves one wrongdoing, they fall into another.
Blessed is the one who is granted the grace of obedience and weeps over his errors.
The intercessor for a wrongdoer is their confession, and their repentance is their apology.
Beware of accumulating the debt of sin while delaying repentance, for that will increase your punishment.