Quran 5:118 — Al-Maaida, verse 118
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and if You punish them, they are Your servants; if You forgive them, You are the Almighty, the Wise.’
إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
in tuʿadhib'hum fa-innahum ʿibāduka wa-in taghfir lahum fa-innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If Thou chastisest them, they are Thy servants; if Thou forgivest them, Thou art the All-mighty, the All-wise.'
- Muhammad Asad
- If thou cause them to suffer - verily, they are Thy servants; and if Thou forgive them - verily, Thou alone art almighty, truly wise!"
- Sahih International
- If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تُعَذِّبْهُمْtuʿadhib'hum | You punish them | عذب |
| 3 | فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahum | then indeed they | — |
| 4 | عِبَادُكَ ۖʿibāduka | (are) Your slaves | عبد |
| 5 | وَإِنwa-in | and if | — |
| 6 | تَغْفِرْtaghfir | You forgive | غفر |
| 7 | لَهُمْlahum | [for] them | — |
| 8 | فَإِنَّكَfa-innaka | then indeed You | — |
| 9 | أَنتَanta | You | — |
| 10 | ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu | (are) the All-Mighty | عزز |
| 11 | ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu | the All-Wise | حكم |