Quran 4:31 — An-Nisaa, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But if you avoid the great sins you have been forbidden, We shall wipe out your minor misdeeds and let you in through the entrance of honour.
إِنْ تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُمْ مُدْخَلًا كَرِيمًا
in tajtanibū kabāira mā tun'hawna ʿanhu nukaffir ʿankum sayyiātikum wanud'khil'kum mud'khalan karīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you avoid the heinous sins that are forbidden you, We will acquit you of your evil deeds, and admit you by the gate of honour.
- Muhammad Asad
- If you avoid the great sins, which you have been enjoined to shun, We shall efface your [minor] bad deeds, and shall cause you to enter an abode of glory.
- Sahih International
- If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance [into Paradise].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تَجْتَنِبُوا۟tajtanibū | you avoid | جنب |
| 3 | كَبَآئِرَkabāira | great (sins) | كبر |
| 4 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 5 | تُنْهَوْنَtun'hawna | you are forbidden | نهي |
| 6 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from [it] | — |
| 7 | نُكَفِّرْnukaffir | We will remove | كفر |
| 8 | عَنكُمْʿankum | from you | — |
| 9 | سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْsayyiātikum | your evil deeds | سوأ |
| 10 | وَنُدْخِلْكُمwanud'khil'kum | and We will admit you | دخل |
| 11 | مُّدْخَلًۭاmud'khalan | (to) an entrance | دخل |
| 12 | كَرِيمًۭاkarīman | noble | كرم |