Repent before it is too late and before you regret not doing your duty towards Allah, for death comes suddenly. Allah may give respite, but no wrongdoer can escape His punishment, and He is Almighty and is the One Who wreaks vengeance.

If the sin has to do with something that is between a person and his Lord, then it is sufficient for him to repent, seek forgiveness, regret what he did and resolve not to go back to those sins. It is not a condition of repentance that the Hadd punishment be carried out.

The punishment for sin is lifted through ten means: 1- Repentance. 2- Supplicating for forgiveness. 3- Performing good deeds that erase sins. 4- The Du`a of the believers for the believer. 5- Good deeds that can be done behalf of the deceased. 6- The intercession of the Prophet and others on the Day of Resurrection. 7- Calamities through which Allah expiates sins in this world. 8- The torment, squeezing and terror experienced in the grave. 9- The horrors, distress and hardship on the Day of Resurrection. 10- The mercy and forgiveness of Allah, granted without any cause on the part of His slaves.

This is how to repent in Islam: give up the sin straight away, regret what has happened in the past, resolve not to go back to sinning, restore people’s rights or property, and repent before the agony of death is upon you.