Quran 27:11 — An-Naml, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I am truly most forgiving and merciful to those who do wrong,and then replace their evil with good.
إِلَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًا بَعْدَ سُوءٍ فَإِنِّي غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
illā man ẓalama thumma baddala ḥus'nan baʿda sūin fa-innī ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- save him who has done evil, then; after evil, has changed into good; All-forgiving am I, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- and neither need anyone who has done wrong and then has replaced the wrong with good: for, verily, I am much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!
- Sahih International
- Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 2 | مَنman | who | — |
| 3 | ظَلَمَẓalama | wrongs | ظلم |
| 4 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 5 | بَدَّلَbaddala | substitutes | بدل |
| 6 | حُسْنًۢاḥus'nan | good | حسن |
| 7 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 8 | سُوٓءٍۢsūin | evil | سوأ |
| 9 | فَإِنِّىfa-innī | then indeed, I Am | — |
| 10 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 11 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |