Surah Ash-Shura 42:34 — translation and meaning
الشورى · Verse 34 / 53 · Page 487
أَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا وَيَعْفُ عَن كَثِيرٍ
Word by Word
أَوْ
aw
Or
يُوبِقْهُنَّ
yubiq'hunna
He could destroy them
بِمَا
bima
for what
كَسَبُوا
kasabu
they have earned
وَيَعْفُ
waya'fu
but He pardons
عَن
an
[from]
كَثِيرٍ
kathirin
much
Transliteration
Aw yoobiqhunna bimaa kasaboo wa ya'fu 'an kaseer
Translation
Or He could destroy them for what they earned; but He pardons much.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Or if Allah, (may He be glorified), willed to destroy those ships by sending gale-force winds, He would have done so on account of the sins that people earn. He overlooks many of the sins of His servants and does not punish them for those.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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