"Nothing is more favorable to Allah than a male or female repentant believer." 322
Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: "When a servant repents to Allah truly, He loves him; hence, He covers him up in this world as well as the world to come To cover him up means that Allah makes the two angels (who recorded his deeds) forget the ill deeds that they knew about him. He then reveals to the servant's limbs to conceal the sins that he had done and reveals to the areas of this earth (on which he had committed sins) to conceal his sins. That servant therefore will meet Allah as if he had done no single offense and nothing will testify against him." 323
"Adam supplicated to Allah saying, 'Lord, You have made the Shaitan over me and made him run in my soul like blood. Give me something in opposite of this.' The Lord answered, 'Adam! If any of your descendants intends to do a wrongdoing, I will not allow to be recorded against him unless he practices it. If he does it, I will order to be recorded as a single evil deed. If he intends to do a good deed, I will order to be recorded for him as a single good deed. If he practices it, I will order to be recorded as ten good deeds.' Adam asked for more, and the Lord said, 'Any of your descendants commits a wrongdoing then seeks My forgiveness, I will forgive him.' Adam asked for more, and the Lord said, 'I will accept the repentance of any of your descendants even if his soul reaches his nose (i.e. in the very final hours of his life).' 'That is enough,' said Adam." 324
"Allah gives the believer who commits a sin seven hours as respite before he records that sin. If the believer seeks the Lord's forgiveness during these seven hours, his sin will not recorded. If he does not, a single evil deed will be recorded against him. The true believer remembers his offense twenty years after its commitment and seeks Allah's forgiveness, and he is forgiven. The disbeliever forgets the offense that he commits very soon after its