How many times is Tawbah (Repentance) mentioned in the Qur’an?

What was counted

Most mentions: An-Nisa (3), Ali 'Imran (1), At-Tawbah (1), Ash-Shura (1), At-Tahrim (1).

Every mention

• 3:90 · Ali 'Imranتَوْبَتُهُمْ their repentanceIndeed, those who reject the message after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray.
• 4:17 · An-Nisaٱلتَّوْبَةُ the acceptance of repentanceThe repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:18 · An-Nisaٱلتَّوْبَةُ (is) the acceptance of repentanceBut repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.
• 4:92 · An-Nisaتَوْبَةًۭ (seeking) repentanceAnd never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake. And whoever kills a believer by mistake - then the freeing of a believing slave and a compensation payment presented to the deceased's family [is required] unless they give [up their right as] charity. But if the deceased was from a people at war with you and he was a believer - then [only] the freeing of a believing slave; and if he was from a people with whom you have a treaty - then a compensation payment presented to his family and the freeing of a believing slave. And whoever does not find [one or cannot afford to buy one] - then [instead], a fast for two months consecutively, [seeking] acceptance of repentance from Allah. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 9:104 · At-Tawbahٱلتَّوْبَةَ the repentanceDo they not know that it is Allah who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allah who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful?
• 42:25 · Ash-Shuraٱلتَّوْبَةَ the repentanceAnd it is He who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.
• 66:8 · At-Tahrimتَوْبَةًۭ (in) repentanceO you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."

How we count

Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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