And (recall) when it was said to them: ‘Dwell in this town (Baitu’l-Maqdis [Jerusalem] or Ariha [Jericho]) and eat of it wherever you like and keep saying (with your tongue): ‘Forgive (our sins),’ and enter the gate (of the city) in a state of prostration; (then) We shall forgive all your sins. Soon shall We grant more favours to the pious.