Islamic concept of repenting to God (Allah) due to performing any sins and misdeeds.
1I slipped these into my pocket and hurried back to Tauba and Sura.
2I listened to Tauba keening, turned inside out by loss.
3Then Tauba did the most amazing thing.
4I handed the potato peels to Tauba, who tried to coax her daughter into sucking on one.
5"Tauba!" he swore suddenly as if he had made a gruesome discovery.