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Ash-Shuraa 37

Ayah 37 of 53 · Meccan

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُواْ هُمۡ يَغۡفِرُونَ ٣٧

And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  2. يَجۡتَنِبُونَavoidyajtanibūna
  3. كَبَٰٓئِرَ(the) greaterkabāira
  4. ٱلۡإِثۡمِsinsl-ith'mi
  5. وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَand the immoralitieswal-fawāḥisha
  6. وَإِذَاand whenwa-idhā
  7. مَاand whenmā
  8. غَضِبُواْthey are angryghaḍibū
  9. هُمۡtheyhum
  10. يَغۡفِرُونَforgiveyaghfirūna

Tafsir

Those who distance themselves from major and offensive sins and when they are angry at those who offend them by words or deeds they forgive their mistake and do not punish them for it. This pardon is a grace they offer when there is goodness and benefit in it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran