أَوۡ يُوبِقۡهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ وَيَعۡفُ عَن كَثِيرٖ ٣٤
Or He could destroy them1 for what they earned; but He pardons much.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Meaning that Allāh could sink the ships by means of violent winds.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَوۡOraw
- يُوبِقۡهُنَّHe could destroy themyūbiq'hunna
- بِمَاfor whatbimā
- كَسَبُواْthey have earnedkasabū
- وَيَعۡفُbut He pardonswayaʿfu
- عَن[from]ʿan
- كَثِيرٖmuchkathīrin
Tafsir
Or if Allah, (may He be glorified), willed to destroy those ships by sending gale-force winds, He would have done so on account of the sins that people earn. He overlooks many of the sins of His servants and does not punish them for those.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran