Quran 53:32 — An-Najm, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
As for those who avoid grave sins and foul acts, though they may commit small sins, your Lord is ample in forgiveness. He has been aware of you from the time He produced you from the earth and from your hiding places in your mothers’ wombs, so do not assert your own goodness:He knows best who is mindful of Him.
الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنْتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ
alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāira l-ith'mi wal-fawāḥisha illā l-lamama inna rabbaka wāsiʿu l-maghfirati huwa aʿlamu bikum idh ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-idh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum falā tuzakkū anfusakum huwa aʿlamu bimani ittaqā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who avoid the heinous sins and indecencies, save lesser offences surely thy Lord is wide in His forgiveness. Very well He knows you, when He produced you from the earth, and when you were yet unborn in your mothers' wombs; therefore hold not yourselves purified; God knows very well him who is godfearing.
- Muhammad Asad
- As for those who avoid the [truly] grave sins and shameful deeds - even though they may sometimes stumble behold, thy Sustainer is abounding in forgiveness. He is fully aware of you when He brings you into being out of dust, and when you are still hidden in your mothers’ wombs: do not, then, consider yourselves pure - [for] He knows best as to who is conscious of Him.
- Sahih International
- Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يَجْتَنِبُونَyajtanibūna | avoid | جنب |
| 3 | كَبَـٰٓئِرَkabāira | great | كبر |
| 4 | ٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'mi | sins | أثم |
| 5 | وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَwal-fawāḥisha | and the immoralities | فحش |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 7 | ٱللَّمَمَ ۚl-lamama | the small faults | لمم |
| 8 | إِنَّinna | indeed | — |
| 9 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 10 | وَٰسِعُwāsiʿu | (is) vast | وسع |
| 11 | ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚl-maghfirati | (in) forgiveness | غفر |
| 12 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 13 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing about you | علم |
| 14 | بِكُمْbikum | (is) most knowing about you | — |
| 15 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 16 | أَنشَأَكُمansha-akum | He produced you | نشأ |
| 17 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 18 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 19 | وَإِذْwa-idh | and when | — |
| 20 | أَنتُمْantum | you (were) | — |
| 21 | أَجِنَّةٌۭajinnatun | fetuses | جنن |
| 22 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 23 | بُطُونِbuṭūni | (the) wombs | بطن |
| 24 | أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ ۖummahātikum | (of) your mothers | أمم |
| 25 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 26 | تُزَكُّوٓا۟tuzakkū | ascribe purity | زكو |
| 27 | أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖanfusakum | (to) yourselves | نفس |
| 28 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 29 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | knows best | علم |
| 30 | بِمَنِbimani | (he) who | — |
| 31 | ٱتَّقَىٰٓittaqā | fears | وقي |