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An-Nisa 149

Ayah 149 of 176 · Medinan

إِن تُبۡدُواْ خَيۡرًا أَوۡ تُخۡفُوهُ أَوۡ تَعۡفُواْ عَن سُوٓءٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوّٗا قَدِيرًا ١٤٩

If [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Competent.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Allāh is always able to exact retribution, although He pardons out of His grace.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنIfin
  2. تُبۡدُواْyou disclosetub'dū
  3. خَيۡرًاa goodkhayran
  4. أَوۡoraw
  5. تُخۡفُوهُyou conceal ittukh'fūhu
  6. أَوۡoraw
  7. تَعۡفُواْpardontaʿfū
  8. عَن[of]ʿan
  9. سُوٓءٖan evilsūin
  10. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  11. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  12. كَانَiskāna
  13. عَفُوّٗاOft-Pardoningʿafuwwan
  14. قَدِيرًاAll-Powerfulqadīran

Tafsir

If you expose or hide a good statement or action, or if you pardon the person who does bad to you, Allah is Forgiving and Powerful. So let forgiveness be part of your character in order that Allah forgives you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran