Verily, those who disbelieved after their Belief and then went on increasing in their disbelief (i.e. disbelief in the Qur’ân and in Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) - never will their repentance be accepted [because they repent only by their tongues and not from their hearts]. And they are those who are astray.

Indeed, those who disbelieve after having believed then increase in disbelief, their repentance will never be accepted.¹ It is they who are astray.