Repentance of the elect

• Dhu Nun al-Misri once said: "Repentance of the common people is from sin, and for the elect is from the heedlessness".
• Ibn 'Ata' likewise said that repentance is of two kinds: repentance of inabah (return) and repentance of istijabah (answering or fulfillment). The first one is the servant repents out of fear for God's punishment while the repentance of istijabah is that one repents out of shame due to God generosity.
  
• As Ruwaym said: "It is repentance from repentance". (Risalah Qushayriyyah)