Quran 7:153 — Al-A'raaf, verse 153
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but your Lord is most forgiving and most merciful towards those who do wrong, then repent afterwards and truly believe.
وَالَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهَا وَآمَنُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
wa-alladhīna ʿamilū l-sayiāti thumma tābū min baʿdihā waāmanū inna rabbaka min baʿdihā laghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those who do evil deeds, then repent thereafter and believe, surely thereafter thy Lord is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But as for those who do bad deeds and afterwards repent and [truly] believe-verily, after such repentance thy Sustainer is indeed much forgiving, a dispenser of grace!
- Sahih International
- But those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed - indeed your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilū | do | عمل |
| 3 | ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiāti | the evil deeds | سوأ |
| 4 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 5 | تَابُوا۟tābū | repented | توب |
| 6 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 7 | بَعْدِهَاbaʿdihā | after that | بعد |
| 8 | وَءَامَنُوٓا۟waāmanū | and believed | أمن |
| 9 | إِنَّinna | indeed | — |
| 10 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 11 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 12 | بَعْدِهَاbaʿdihā | after that | بعد |
| 13 | لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun | (is) surely Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 14 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |