Quran 42:43 — Ash-Shura, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
though if a person is patient and forgives, this is one of the greatest things.
وَلَمَنْ صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ
walaman ṣabara waghafara inna dhālika lamin ʿazmi l-umūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But surely he who bears patiently and is forgiving -- surely that is true constancy.
- Muhammad Asad
- But withal, if one is patient in adversity and forgives - this, behold, is indeed something to set one’s heart upon!
- Sahih International
- And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of resolve.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَنwalaman | And whoever | — |
| 2 | صَبَرَṣabara | (is) patient | صبر |
| 3 | وَغَفَرَwaghafara | and forgives | غفر |
| 4 | إِنَّinna | indeed | — |
| 5 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 6 | لَمِنْlamin | (is) surely of | — |
| 7 | عَزْمِʿazmi | matters of determination | عزم |
| 8 | ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūri | matters of determination | أمر |