\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\nSome pagans who committed murders in great number and committed illegal sexual intercourse \nexcessively, came to Muhammad and said, "O Muhammad! Whatever you say and invite people to, is \ngood: but we wish if you could inform us whether we can make an expiration for our (past evil) \ndeeds." So the Divine Verses came: 'Those who invoke not with Allah any other god, not kill such life \nas Allah has forbidden except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse.' (25.68) And \nthere was also revealed:-- 'Say: O My slaves who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of \nthe Mercy of Allah.' (39.53)\n

\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n \n\nSome pagans who committed murders in great number and committed illegal sexual intercourse \nexcessively, came to Muhammad and said, "O Muhammad! Whatever you say and invite people to, is \ngood: but we wish if you could inform us whether we can make an expiration for our (past evil) \ndeeds." So the Divine Verses came: 'Those who invoke not with Allah any other god, not kill such life \nas Allah has forbidden except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse.' (25.68) And \nthere was also revealed:-- 'Say: O My slaves who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of \nthe Mercy of Allah.' (39.53)\n

\nحَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ يَعْلَى إِنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ نَاسًا، مِنْ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ كَانُوا قَدْ قَتَلُوا وَأَكْثَرُوا وَزَنَوْا وَأَكْثَرُوا، فَأَتَوْا مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا إِنَّ الَّذِي تَقُولُ وَتَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ لَحَسَنٌ لَوْ تُخْبِرُنَا أَنَّ لِمَا عَمِلْنَا كَفَّارَةً‏.‏ فَنَزَلَ ‏{‏وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلاَ يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ وَلاَ يَزْنُونَ‏}‏ وَنَزَلَ ‏{‏قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لاَ تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ‏}‏