The 99 Names · Verse Keys
At-Tawwaab التواب
The Acceptor of Repentance, who guides His servants to repent, then accepts it from them and pardons their sins.
Explanation
A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 110 ↗
Evidence
﴿فَتَلَقَّىٰٓ ءَادَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ كَلِمَٰتࣲ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡهِۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٣٧﴾
﴿أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ يَقۡبَلُ ٱلتَّوۡبَةَ عَنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَأۡخُذُ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٠٤﴾
Call upon Allah by this name
“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180
From the Quran
Supplication of Abraham and Ishmael
﴿رَبَّنَا وَٱجۡعَلۡنَا مُسۡلِمَيۡنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةࣰ مُّسۡلِمَةࣰ لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبۡ عَلَيۡنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴾
Al-Baqarah 128
From the Prophetic Sunnah
It was counted from the Prophet ﷺ one hundred times in a single sitting
«رب اغفر لي، وتب علي، إنك أنت التواب الرحيم»
Sunan Abi Dawud (1516) and Jami' at-Tirmidhi (3434)
Grading: Authentic — al-Albani, as-Silsilah as-Sahihah (556)