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Surah Al-’Ankabut, Verse 21

سورة العنكبوت، الآية ٢١

29:21 Juz 20 Hizb 40 Page 398 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 29:21

يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ ۝٢١

Transliteration

yuʿadhibu man yashāu wayarḥamu man yashāu wa-ilayhi tuq'labūna

Translation

He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.

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Verse 21 of Surah Al-’Ankabut (29:21), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 398 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 21

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He punishes whom He wishes from His creation through His justice, and He has mercy on whom He wishes amongst His creation through His grace.

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Other translations of verse 21

He punishes whom He wills and shows mercy to whom He wills, and to Him you will all be returned.

He punishes whom He wills, and shows mercy to whom He wills; and to Him you will be returned.

He punisheth whom He will and showeth mercy unto whom He will, and unto Him ye will be turned.

"He punishes whom He pleases, and He grants Mercy to whom He pleases, and towards Him are ye turned.

He punishes whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He pleases, and to Him you shall be turned back.

He torments whomever He decides, and He has mercy on whomever He decides. And to Him you will be turned over.

Verse 21 word by word

يُعَذِّبُ yuʿadhibu He punishes ع ذ ب
مَن man whom
يَشَآءُ yashāu He wills ش ي أ
وَيَرْحَمُ wayarḥamu and has mercy ر ح م
مَن man (on) whom
يَشَآءُ yashāu He wills ش ي أ
وَإِلَيْهِ wa-ilayhi and to Him
تُقْلَبُونَ tuq'labūna you will be returned ق ل ب

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