Surah An-Najm 53:32 — translation and meaning

النجم · Verse 32 / 62 · Page 527

ۖ ۖ ۚ ۚ الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَى

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ۚ
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those who
يَجْتَنِبُونَ
yajtanibuna
avoid
كَبَائِرَ
kabaira
great
الْإِثْمِ
al-ith'mi
sins
وَالْفَوَاحِشَ
wal-fawahisha
and the immoralities
إِلَّا
illa
except
اللَّمَمَ
al-lamama
the small faults
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
وَاسِعُ
wasi'u
(is) vast
الْمَغْفِرَةِ
al-maghfirati
(in) forgiveness
هُوَ
huwa
He
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
(is) most knowing about you
بِكُمْ
bikum
(is) most knowing about you
إِذْ
idh
when
أَنشَأَكُم
ansha-akum
He produced you
مِّنَ
mina
from
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
and when
أَنتُمْ
antum
you (were)
أَجِنَّةٌ
ajinnatun
fetuses
فِي
fi
in
بُطُونِ
butuni
(the) wombs
أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ
ummahatikum
(of) your mothers
فَلَا
fala
So (do) not
تُزَكُّوا
tuzakku
ascribe purity
أَنفُسَكُمْ
anfusakum
(to) yourselves
هُوَ
huwa
He
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
knows best
بِمَنِ
bimani
(he) who
اتَّقَى
ittaqa
fears

Transliteration

Allazeena yajtaniboona kabaaa'iral ismi walfawaa hisha illal lamam; inna rabbaka waasi'ul maghfirah; huwa a'lamu bikum iz ansha akum minal ardi wa iz antum ajinnatun fee butooni umma haatikum falaa tuzakkooo anfusakum huwa a'lamu bimanit taqaa

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who stay away from major sins and evil wrongs, besides minor sins as these are forgiven by leaving out the major ones and by an abundance of good deeds. Your Lord, O Messenger, is of vast forgiveness. He forgives the sins of His servants when they repent from them. He, (may He be glorified), knew best about their states and affairs when He created their father, Adam, from earth and when you were in the wombs of your mothers, being created in one form after another. Nothing of that is hidden from Him. So do not claim purity for your souls by praising them and asserting their piety. He, (may He be glorified), knows best about those who are mindful of Him, by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions.

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

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