Surah An-Naml 27:11 — translation and meaning

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إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًا بَعْدَ سُوءٍ فَإِنِّي غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Word by Word

إِلَّا
illa
Except
مَن
man
who
ظَلَمَ
zalama
wrongs
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
بَدَّلَ
baddala
substitutes
حُسْنًا
hus'nan
good
بَعْدَ
ba'da
after
سُوءٍ
suin
evil
فَإِنِّي
fa-inni
then indeed I Am
غَفُورٌ
ghafurun
Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
rahimun
Most Merciful

Transliteration

Illaa man zalama summa baddala husnam ba'da sooo'in fa innee Ghafoorur Raheem

Translation

Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

However, whoever wrongs himself by committing a sin, then repents after that, I am Forgiving to him, Merciful to him.

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

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