Quran 42:37 — Ash-Shura, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
who shun great sins and gross indecencies; who forgive when they are angry;
وَالَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ
wa-alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāira l-ith'mi wal-fawāḥisha wa-idhā mā ghaḍibū hum yaghfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those who avoid the heinous sins and indecencies and when they are angry forgive,
- Muhammad Asad
- and who shun the more heinous sins and abominations; and who, whenever they are moved to anger, readily forgive;
- Sahih International
- And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | يَجْتَنِبُونَyajtanibūna | avoid | جنب |
| 3 | كَبَـٰٓئِرَkabāira | (the) greater | كبر |
| 4 | ٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'mi | sins | أثم |
| 5 | وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَwal-fawāḥisha | and the immoralities | فحش |
| 6 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | and when | — |
| 7 | مَاmā | and when | — |
| 8 | غَضِبُوا۟ghaḍibū | they are angry | غضب |
| 9 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 10 | يَغْفِرُونَyaghfirūna | forgive | غفر |