concept

Remorse

Beliefs & concepts

The named biting regret after wrong done. Not contrition as amending sorrow alone, and not shame as exposure before others.

Islam

  • Remorse appears in Islam.

    The Qur’an depicts regret and remorse of wrongdoers when the truth becomes clear, and pairs turning with repentance. Islamic remorse speech in that revelation, not tawba as the named turning alone and not penitence as the English twin alone.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

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sources

  • The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)

    M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).