Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abza (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he asked Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) about the verse: "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell..." (An-Nisa: 93) and the verse from Surah Al-Furqan: "And those who do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except by right..." up to "except he who repents and believes..." (I asked him) about this verse, so he said: When this verse was revealed, the people of Makkah said: Then we have also associated partners with Allah, and have unjustly killed those whom Allah had forbidden to kill, and we have also committed immoralities. Upon this, Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: "Except for those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds, for them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Al-Furqan: 70)