﴿ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِۦ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱفْتَرَىٰٓ إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا ﴾

“VERILY, God does not forgive the ascribing of divinity to aught beside Him, although He forgives any lesser sin unto whomever He wills: for he who ascribes divinity to aught beside God has indeed contrived an awesome sin.”

God forgives not that anything should be associated with Him. But He forgives other than that, to whomsoever He wills�He said:If no one has any grievance against him, and his sins are only between him and God, Exalted is He, indeed He forgives those sins, for He is the Magnanimous (al-Jawād), the Generous (al-Karīm). It has been related from the Prophet that he said, �A slave may be brought forwardon the Day of Resurrection and directed to the Fire, but then he will say, �This is not in accordance with what I supposed [my outcome would be].� Then God, Mighty and Majestic, will ask, �What was your opinion of Me?�to which he will reply, �That You would forgive me�, upon which, God, Mighty and Majestic, will say, �Truly I have forgiven you�, and He will direct him to Paradise.� His words: