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Surah 4. An-Nisaa', Ayah 18

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وَلَيْسَتِ ٱلتَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّى تُبْتُ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
Walaysati a l ttawbatu lilla th eena yaAAmaloona a l ssayyi a ti h att a i tha h a d ara a h adahumu almawtu q a la innee tubtu al a na wal a alla th eena yamootoona wahum kuff a run ol a ika aAAtadn a lahum AAa tha ban aleem a n
whereas repentance shall not be accepted from those who do evil deeds until their dying hour and then say,16 "Behold, I now repent"; nor from those who die as deniers of the truth: it is these for whom We have readied grievous suffering.
  - Mohammad Asad

Lit., "until, when death approaches one of them, he says".

There is no repentance for those who persist in their evil deeds until death approaches anyone of them and he says: "surely now I repent." Similarly, there is no repentance for those who die while they were still unbelievers; for them We have prepared a painful punishment.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
However, repentance is not accepted from those who knowingly persist in sin until they start dying, and then cry, 'Now I repent!' nor those who die as disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.
  - Mustafa Khattab
The forgiveness is not for those who do ill deeds until, when death attendeth upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I repent now; nor yet for those who die while they are disbelievers. For such We have prepared a painful doom.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil until death faces one of them and he says "Now have I repented indeed"; nor of those who die rejecting faith: for them have We prepared a punishment most grievous. 526
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Note the fine touch. A sin may be fashionable, and people may sin together without compunction. When one of them is faced with Death, he repents, but that sort of repentance is no good.

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