Quran 17:25 — Al-Israa, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord knows best what is in your heart. If you are good, He is most forgiving to those who return to Him.
رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِنْ تَكُونُوا صَالِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّابِينَ غَفُورًا
rabbukum aʿlamu bimā fī nufūsikum in takūnū ṣāliḥīna fa-innahu kāna lil'awwābīna ghafūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Your Lord knows very well what is in your hearts if you are righteous, for He is All-forgiving to those who are penitent.
- Muhammad Asad
- Your Sustainer is fully aware of what is in your hearts. If you are righteous, [He will forgive you your errors]: for, behold, He is much-forgiving to those who turn unto Him again and again.
- Sahih International
- Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | رَّبُّكُمْrabbukum | Your Lord | ربب |
| 2 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 3 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 4 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 5 | نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚnufūsikum | yourselves | نفس |
| 6 | إِنin | If | — |
| 7 | تَكُونُوا۟takūnū | you are | كون |
| 8 | صَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīna | righteous | صلح |
| 9 | فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahu | then indeed, He | — |
| 10 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 11 | لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَlil'awwābīna | to those who often turn (to Him) | أوب |
| 12 | غَفُورًۭاghafūran | Most Forgiving | غفر |