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Surah An-Nisa, Verse 149

سورة النساء، الآية ١٤٩

4:149 Juz 6 Hizb 11 Page 102 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 4:149

إِن تُبْدُوا۟ خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا۟ عَن سُوٓءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا قَدِيرًا ۝١٤٩

Transliteration

in tub'dū khayran aw tukh'fūhu aw taʿfū ʿan sūin fa-inna l-laha kāna ʿafuwwan qadīran

Translation

If [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Competent.229

Notes

[229] Allāh is always able to exact retribution, although He pardons out of His grace.

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Verse 149 of Surah An-Nisa (4:149), a Medinan surah, is in juz 6, on page 102 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 149

Al-Mukhtasar

If you expose or hide a good statement or action, or if you pardon the person who does bad to you, Allah is Forgiving and Powerful. So let forgiveness be part of your character in order that Allah forgives you.

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Other translations of verse 149

If you do something good openly or in secret, or pardon an offense102, then Allah is indeed Ever-Pardoning, Most Capable.

Notes

[102] This is mainly addressed to the one who is wronged.

Whether you (mankind) disclose (by good words of thanks) a good deed (done to you in the form of a favour by someone), or conceal it, or pardon an evil, ... verily, Allâh is Ever Oft-Pardoning, All-Powerful.

If ye do good openly or keep it secret, or forgive evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Powerful.

Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon, verily Allah doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the judgment of values).

If you do good openly or do it in secret or pardon an evil then surely Allah is Pardoning, Powerful.

In case you display a charitable (deed), or conceal it, or be clement towards an odious deed, then surely Allah has been Ever-Clement, Ever-Determiner.

Verse 149 word by word

  1. إِن in If
  2. تُبْدُوا۟ tub'dū you disclose ب د و
  3. خَيْرًا khayran a good خ ي ر
  4. أَوْ aw or
  5. تُخْفُوهُ tukh'fūhu you conceal it خ ف ي
  6. أَوْ aw or
  7. تَعْفُوا۟ taʿfū pardon ع ف و
  8. عَن ʿan [of]
  9. سُوٓءٍ sūin an evil س و أ
  10. فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed
  11. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  12. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  13. عَفُوًّا ʿafuwwan Oft-Pardoning ع ف و
  14. قَدِيرًا qadīran All-Powerful ق د ر

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