Quran 4:149 — An-Nisaa, verse 149
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you do good, openly or in secret, or if you pardon something bad,then God is most forgiving and powerful.
إِنْ تُبْدُوا خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا عَنْ سُوءٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا قَدِيرًا
in tub'dū khayran aw tukh'fūhu aw taʿfū ʿan sūin fa-inna l-laha kāna ʿafuwwan qadīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you do good openly or in secret or pardon an evil, surely God is All-pardoning, All-powerful.
- Muhammad Asad
- whether you do good openly or in secret, or pardon others for evil [done unto you]: for, behold, God is indeed an absolver of sins, infinite in His power.
- Sahih International
- If [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تُبْدُوا۟tub'dū | you disclose | بدو |
| 3 | خَيْرًاkhayran | a good | خير |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | تُخْفُوهُtukh'fūhu | you conceal it | خفي |
| 6 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 7 | تَعْفُوا۟taʿfū | pardon | عفو |
| 8 | عَنʿan | [of] | — |
| 9 | سُوٓءٍۢsūin | an evil | سوأ |
| 10 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 13 | عَفُوًّۭاʿafuwwan | Oft-Pardoning | عفو |
| 14 | قَدِيرًاqadīran | All-Powerful | قدر |