Quran 3:135 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 135
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those who remember God and implore forgiveness for their sins if they do something shameful or wrong themselves- who forgives sins but God?- and who never knowingly persist in doing wrong.
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
wa-alladhīna idhā faʿalū fāḥishatan aw ẓalamū anfusahum dhakarū l-laha fa-is'taghfarū lidhunūbihim waman yaghfiru l-dhunūba illā l-lahu walam yuṣirrū ʿalā mā faʿalū wahum yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- who, when they commit an indecency or wrong themselves, remember God, and pray forgiveness for their sins -- and who shall forgive sins but God? -- and do not persevere in the things they did and that wittingly.
- Muhammad Asad
- and who, when they have committed a shameful deed or have [otherwise] sinned against themselves, remember God and pray that their sins be forgiven - for who but God could forgive sins? - and do not knowingly persist in doing whatever [wrong] they may have done.
- Sahih International
- And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allāh and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allāh? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | فَعَلُوا۟faʿalū | they did | فعل |
| 4 | فَـٰحِشَةًfāḥishatan | immorality | فحش |
| 5 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 6 | ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamū | wronged | ظلم |
| 7 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 8 | ذَكَرُوا۟dhakarū | they remember | ذكر |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟fa-is'taghfarū | then ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 11 | لِذُنُوبِهِمْlidhunūbihim | for their sins | ذنب |
| 12 | وَمَنwaman | and who | — |
| 13 | يَغْفِرُyaghfiru | (can) forgive | غفر |
| 14 | ٱلذُّنُوبَl-dhunūba | the sins | ذنب |
| 15 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 17 | وَلَمْwalam | And not | — |
| 18 | يُصِرُّوا۟yuṣirrū | they persist | صرر |
| 19 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 20 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 21 | فَعَلُوا۟faʿalū | they did | فعل |
| 22 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 23 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |