Quran 8:70 — Al-Anfaal, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Prophet, tell those you have taken captive, ‘If God knows of any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: God is forgiving and merciful.’
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِمَنْ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ مِنَ الْأَسْرَىٰ إِنْ يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ خَيْرًا يُؤْتِكُمْ خَيْرًا مِمَّا أُخِذَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
yāayyuhā l-nabiyu qul liman fī aydīkum mina l-asrā in yaʿlami l-lahu fī qulūbikum khayran yu'tikum khayran mimmā ukhidha minkum wayaghfir lakum wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O Prophet, say to the prisoners in your hands: 'If God knows of any good in your hearts He will give you better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you; surely God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Hence,] O Prophet, say unto the captives who are in your hands: "If God finds any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than all that has been taken from you, and will forgive you your sins: for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace."
- Sahih International
- O Prophet, say to whoever is in your hands of the captives, "If Allāh knows [any] good in your hearts, He will give you [something] better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you; and Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu | Prophet | نبأ |
| 3 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 4 | لِّمَنliman | to whoever | — |
| 5 | فِىٓfī | (is) in | — |
| 6 | أَيْدِيكُمaydīkum | your hands | يدي |
| 7 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَسْرَىٰٓl-asrā | the captives | أسر |
| 9 | إِنin | If | — |
| 10 | يَعْلَمِyaʿlami | knows | علم |
| 11 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikum | your hearts | قلب |
| 14 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | any good | خير |
| 15 | يُؤْتِكُمْyu'tikum | He will give you | أتي |
| 16 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | better | خير |
| 17 | مِّمَّآmimmā | than what | — |
| 18 | أُخِذَukhidha | was taken | أخذ |
| 19 | مِنكُمْminkum | from you | — |
| 20 | وَيَغْفِرْwayaghfir | and He will forgive | غفر |
| 21 | لَكُمْ ۗlakum | you | — |
| 22 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 23 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 24 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |