Quran 4:27 — An-Nisaa, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts want you to go far astray.
وَاللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَنْ تَمِيلُوا مَيْلًا عَظِيمًا
wal-lahu yurīdu an yatūba ʿalaykum wayurīdu alladhīna yattabiʿūna l-shahawāti an tamīlū maylan ʿaẓīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and God desires to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts desire you to swerve away mightily.
- Muhammad Asad
- And God wants to turn unto you in His mercy, whereas those who follow [only] their own lusts want you to drift far away from the right path.
- Sahih International
- Allāh wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 2 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | wishes | رود |
| 3 | أَنan | to | — |
| 4 | يَتُوبَyatūba | accept repentance | توب |
| 5 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | from you | — |
| 6 | وَيُرِيدُwayurīdu | but wish | رود |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 8 | يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūna | follow | تبع |
| 9 | ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِl-shahawāti | the passions | شهو |
| 10 | أَنan | that | — |
| 11 | تَمِيلُوا۟tamīlū | you deviate | ميل |
| 12 | مَيْلًاmaylan | (into) a deviation | ميل |
| 13 | عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīman | great | عظم |