Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘Allah, the Exalted, revealed to Prophet David [Prophet David (AS) is known in the Arabic tradition as Dawud (ed.)] peace be upon him and on our Prophet, ‘O David! When My believing servant commits a sin and then returns [to Me and repents for that sin and is ashamed in My presence every time he remembers it, I will forgive him and cause the recording angels to forget it and change it to count as a good deed, and I will not care about it further, for I am the most Merciful.