وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُواْ مَيۡلًا عَظِيمٗا ٢٧
Allāh wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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وَٱللَّهُ And Allah wal-lahu يُرِيدُ wishes yurīdu أَن to an يَتُوبَ accept repentance yatūba عَلَيۡكُمۡ from you ʿalaykum وَيُرِيدُ but wish wayurīdu ٱلَّذِينَ those who alladhīna يَتَّبِعُونَ follow yattabiʿūna ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ the passions l-shahawāti أَن that an تَمِيلُواْ you deviate tamīlū مَيۡلًا (into) a deviation maylan عَظِيمٗا great ʿaẓīman Tafsir Allah wants to turn to you and forgive you your disobedience, while those who follow their low desires want you to turn far away from the correct way of life.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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