Surah Ash-Shura 42:37 — translation and meaning
الشورى · Verse 37 / 53 · Page 487
وَالَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ
Word by Word
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those who
يَجْتَنِبُونَ
yajtanibuna
avoid
كَبَائِرَ
kabaira
(the) greater
الْإِثْمِ
al-ith'mi
sins
وَالْفَوَاحِشَ
wal-fawahisha
and the immoralities
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
and when
مَا
ma
and when
غَضِبُوا
ghadibu
they are angry
هُمْ
hum
they
يَغْفِرُونَ
yaghfiruna
forgive
Transliteration
Wallazeena yajtaniboona kabaaa'iral ismi wal fawaa hisha wa izaa maa ghadiboo hum yaghfiroon
Translation
And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Those who distance themselves from major and offensive sins and when they are angry at those who offend them by words or deeds they forgive their mistake and do not punish them for it. This pardon is a grace they offer when there is goodness and benefit in it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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