عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ، كَانُوا قَدْ قَتَلُوا وَأَكْثَرُوا، وَزَنَوْا وَأَكْثَرُوا، فَأَتَوْا مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ الَّذِي تَقُولُ وَتَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ لَحَسَنٌ، لَوْ تُخْبِرُنَا أَنَّ لِمَا عَمِلْنَا كَفَّارَةً، فَنَزَلَ {وَالَّذِينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلا بِالْحَقِّ وَلا يَزْنُونَ}[الفرقان: 68]، وَنَزَلَت: {قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ} [الزمر: 53].
Imepokewa kutoka kwa bin Abbas -Radhi za Allah ziwe juu yao yeye na baba yake-: Yakwamba watu miongoni mwa washirikina walikuwa wameuwa watu, na wakakithirisha mauaji, na wakazini na wakikithirisha zinaa, wakamjia Muhammadi -Rehema na amani ziwe juu yake- wakasema: Hakika haya unayoyasema na kuwalingania watu ni mambo mazuri, ikiwa utatwambia juu ya haya tuliyoyafanya kama yana kafara, ikateremka kauli ya Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu: "Na wale ambao hawamuombi pamoja na Mwenyezi Mungu mungu mwingine na wala hawauwi nafsi aliyoiharamisha Mwenyezi Mungu isipokuwa kwa haki na wala hawazini" [Al-Furqan: 68], na ikateremka: "Sema: Enyi waja wangu waliojidhulumu nafsi zao! Msikate tamaa na rehema ya Mwenyezi Mungu..." [Az-Zumar: 53].
Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A group of polytheists, who went to excess in killing and committing illegal sexual intercourse, came to Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "What you say and invite people to is indeed good. If only you could tell us whether there is an expiation for what we did. Thereupon, it was revealed: {and those who do not invoke besides Allah, another god, and who do not kill a soul whom Allah has forbidden, except in the course of justice, and who do not commit adultery} [Surat al-Furqān: 68]. And the following verse was revealed: {Say [Allah says]: "O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of Allah's mercy."} [Surat az-Zumar: 53]