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Surah Nahl Ayat 119 in Arabic Text

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٖ ثُمَّ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصۡلَحُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ
Summma inna Rabbaka lillazeena ‘amilus sooo’a bijahaalatin summa taaboo mim ba’di zaaalika wa aslahoo inna Rabbaka mim ba’dihaa la Ghafoorur Raheem (section 15)

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 119

Sahih International
Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves – indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

Yusuf Ali
But verily thy Lord,- to those who do wrong in ignorance, but who thereafter repent and make amends,- thy Lord, after all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Abul Ala Maududi
But to those who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent and amend their ways, thereafter your Lord will be Much Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Muhsin Khan
Then, verily! Your Lord for those who do evil (commit sins and are disobedient to Allah) in ignorance and afterward repent and do righteous deeds, verily, your Lord thereafter, (to such) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Pickthall
Then lo! thy Lord – for those who do evil in ignorance and afterward repent and amend – lo! (for them) thy Lord is afterward indeed Forgiving, Merciful.

Dr. Ghali
Thereafter, surely your Lord ــ to the ones who do odious (deeds) in ignorance, thereafter repent ever after that and act righteously-surely your Lord after that is indeed Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.

Abdel Haleem
But towards those who do wrong out of ignorance, and afterwards repent and make amends, your Lord is most forgiving and merciful.

Muhammad Junagarhi
جو کوئی جہالت سے برے عمل کرلے پھر توبہ کرلے اور اصلاح بھی کرلے تو پھر آپ کا رب بلا شک وشبہ بڑی بخشش کرنے واﻻ اور نہایت ہی مہربان ہے

Quran 16 Verse 119 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Nahl ayat 119, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(16:119) But to those who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent and amend their ways, thereafter your Lord will be Much Forgiving, Most Merciful.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah An-Nahl verse 119 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nahl ayat 118 which provides the complete commentary from verse 118 through 119.

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