Surah Al-Ma'ida 5:34 — translation and meaning
المائدة · Verse 34 / 120 · Page 113
ۖ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Word by Word
ۖ
إِلَّا
illa
Except
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
تَابُوا
tabu
repent
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
that
تَقْدِرُوا
taqdiru
you overpower
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
[over] them
فَاعْلَمُوا
fa-i'lamu
then know
أَنَّ
anna
that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌ
ghafurun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
rahimun
Most Merciful
Transliteration
Illal lazeena taaboo min qabli an taqdiroo 'alaihim fa'lamooo annnal laaha Ghafoorur Raheem
Translation
Except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Except for those warmongers who repent before you, people of authority, get hold of them. Know, then, that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful towards them after they repent. Due to His mercy, He overlooks the punishment that is due to them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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