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Al-Baqarah 160

Ayah 160 of 286 · Medinan

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَأَصۡلَحُواْ وَبَيَّنُواْ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَأَنَا ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٦٠

Except for those who repent and correct themselves and make evident [what they concealed]. Those - I will accept their repentance, and I am the Accepting of Repentance,1 the Merciful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Refer to footnote of 2:37.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِلَّاExceptillā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthosealladhīna
  3. تَابُواْwho repent[ed]tābū
  4. وَأَصۡلَحُواْand reform[ed]wa-aṣlaḥū
  5. وَبَيَّنُواْand openly declar[ed]wabayyanū
  6. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَThen thosefa-ulāika
  7. أَتُوبُI will accept repentanceatūbu
  8. عَلَيۡهِمۡfrom themʿalayhim
  9. وَأَنَاand I (am)wa-anā
  10. ٱلتَّوَّابُthe Acceptor of Repentancel-tawābu
  11. ٱلرَّحِيمُthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmu

Tafsir

The exception is those who repent to Allah, asking for forgiveness, and regretting having hidden these clear signs, correcting what they do outwardly and inwardly, and making clear the truth and guidance which they had hidden. Allah accepts their repentance to Him. He turns to those who turn to Him, asking for forgiveness and regretting what they have done, and He forgives and is compassionate with them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran