And when those who confirmed the verses of Allah testifying to your truthfulness from the Qur'an and others came to you-O Prophet-seeking a ruling about the repentance from their previous sins, then honor them by returning the greeting of peace upon them, and give them glad tidings of the vast mercy of Allah; for indeed He Glorious and Sublime has surely written upon Himself mercy for His servants as a favor that whoever committed a sin out of ignorance from him of its consequence and its necessitating the wrath of Allah-for every disobedient to Allah whether erring or intentional is ignorant in this consideration even if he was in knowledge of the prohibition-then he repented from after it and persisted on the righteous deed, then indeed He the Exalted forgives his sin, for He is Forgiving to His repentant servants, Most Merciful to them.