إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَأَصْلَحُواْ وَبَيَّنُواْ

Except those who repent and do righteous deeds, and openly declare (the truth which they concealed).

This <b>Ayah</b> refers to those who regret what they have been doing and correct their behavior and, thus, explain to the people what they have been hiding.
 
فَأُوْلَـيِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنَا التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
 
 

These, I will accept their repentance. And I am the One Who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful.

This <b>Ayah</b> also indicates that those who used to call to innovation, or even disbelief, and repent to Allah, then Allah will forgive them.

Allah afterwards states that