Then his Lord chose him and relented towards him, and showed him the way;
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (then his lord chose him) by means of repentance, (and relented towards him) he overlooked his sin, (and guided him) to repentance.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : thereafter his lord chose him, he brought him close [to him], and relented to him, he accepted his repentance, and guided him, that is, he guided him to seek repentance regularly.