45 – Yaʿqūb ibn ʿUbayd related to us; Yazīd ibn Hārūn informed us; Abū Yūsuf al-Sayqal, al-Ḥajjāj ibn Abī Zaynab, also informed us, saying: I heard Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī declare, “There is no verse in the Qurʾān that, to me, inspires more hope than this one—⦗64⦘ His words: ‘And others admitted their sins; they mingled a righteous deed with another that was evil. It may be that Allah will turn to them in mercy; indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Merciful.’ (al-Tawbah 9:102).”