Surah Al-Baqara 2:160 — translation and meaning

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ۚ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَأَصْلَحُوا وَبَيَّنُوا فَأُولَئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنَا التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Word by Word

ۚ
إِلَّا
illa
Except
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those
تَابُوا
tabu
who repent[ed]
وَأَصْلَحُوا
wa-aslahu
and reform[ed]
وَبَيَّنُوا
wabayyanu
and openly declar[ed]
فَأُولَئِكَ
fa-ulaika
Then those
أَتُوبُ
atubu
I will accept repentance
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
from them
وَأَنَا
wa-ana
and I (am)
التَّوَّابُ
al-tawabu
the Acceptor of Repentance
الرَّحِيمُ
al-rahimu
the Most Merciful

Transliteration

Illal lazeena taaboo wa aslahoo wa baiyanoo fa ulaaa'ika atoobu 'alaihim; wa Anat Tawwaabur Raheem

Translation

Except for those who repent and correct themselves and make evident [what they concealed]. Those - I will accept their repentance, and I am the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The exception is those who repent to Allah, asking for forgiveness, and regretting having hidden these clear signs, correcting what they do outwardly and inwardly, and making clear the truth and guidance which they had hidden. Allah accepts their repentance to Him. He turns to those who turn to Him, asking for forgiveness and regretting what they have done, and He forgives and is compassionate with them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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