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Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 34

سورة المائدة، الآية ٣٤

5:34 Juz 6 Hizb 12 Page 113 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 5:34

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ۝٣٤

Transliteration

illā alladhīna tābū min qabli an taqdirū ʿalayhim fa-iʿ'lamū anna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun

Translation

Except for those who return [repenting] before you overcome [i.e., apprehend] them. And know that Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

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Verse 34 of Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:34), a Medinan surah, is in juz 6, on page 113 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 34

Al-Mukhtasar

Except for those warmongers who repent before you, people of authority, get hold of them. Know, then, that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful towards them after they repent. Due to His mercy, He overlooks the punishment that is due to them.

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Other translations of verse 34

Except those who repent before you seize them; in that case, then know that Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Except for those who (having fled away and then) came back (as Muslims) with repentance before they fall into your power; in that case, know that Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Save those who repent before ye overpower them. For know that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Except for those who repent before they fall into your power: in that case, know that Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

Except those who repent before you have them in your power; so know that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Except for (the ones) who repent even before you are capable of (punishing) them. So know that Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.

Verse 34 word by word

  1. إِلَّا illā Except
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  3. تَابُوا۟ tābū repent ت و ب
  4. مِن min from
  5. قَبْلِ qabli before ق ب ل
  6. أَن an that
  7. تَقْدِرُوا۟ taqdirū you overpower ق د ر
  8. عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim [over] them
  9. فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ fa-iʿ'lamū then know ع ل م
  10. أَنَّ anna that
  11. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  12. غَفُورٌ ghafūrun (is) Oft-Forgiving غ ف ر
  13. رَّحِيمٌ raḥīmun Most Merciful ر ح م

Verses related to verse 34

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Az-Zumar 39:53

    قُلْ يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

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  • Ali ’Imran 3:89

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Except for those who repent after that and correct themselves. For indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Al-Anfal 8:69

    فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا غَنِمْتُمْ حَلَٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    So consume what you have taken of war booty [as being] lawful and good, and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • An-Nur 24:5

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:199

    ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Then depart from the place from where [all] the people depart and ask forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:173

    إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ بِهِۦ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:182

    فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    But if one fears from the bequeather [some] error or sin and corrects that which is between them [i.e., the concerned parties], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

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