Quran 5:34 — Al-Maaida, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
unless they repent before you overpower them- in that case bear in mind that God is forgiving and merciful.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
illā alladhīna tābū min qabli an taqdirū ʿalayhim fa-iʿ'lamū anna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- except for such as repent, before you have power over them. So know you that God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- save for such [of them] as repent ere you [O believers] become more powerful than they: for you must know that God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- Except for those who return [repenting] before you overcome [i.e., apprehend] them. And know that Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | تَابُوا۟tābū | repent | توب |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 6 | أَنan | that | — |
| 7 | تَقْدِرُوا۟taqdirū | you overpower | قدر |
| 8 | عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhim | [over] them | — |
| 9 | فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamū | then know | علم |
| 10 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 13 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |