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ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَـٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Thumma inna rabbaka lilla th eena AAamiloo a l ssooa bijah a latin thumma t a boo min baAAdi tha lika waa s la h oo inna rabbaka min baAAdih a laghafoorun ra h eem un

And once again:¹⁴³ Behold, thy Sustainer [shows mercy] to those who do evil out of ignorance and afterwards repent and live righteously: behold, after such [repentance] thy Sustainer is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

- Mohammad Asad

Yet your Rabb is forgiving and merciful towards those who do something wrong through ignorance, but later repent and mend their ways.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

As for those who commit evil ignorantly 'or recklessly', then repent afterwards and mend their ways, then your Lord is surely All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

- Mustafa Khattab

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.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. ²¹⁵⁵

Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 119

And once again:¹⁴³ Behold, thy Sustainer [shows mercy] to those who do evil out of ignorance and afterwards repent and live righteously: behold, after such [repentance] thy Sustainer is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

- Mohammad Asad

Yet your Rabb is forgiving and merciful towards those who do something wrong through ignorance, but later repent and mend their ways.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

As for those who commit evil ignorantly 'or recklessly', then repent afterwards and mend their ways, then your Lord is surely All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

- Mustafa Khattab

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.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. ²¹⁵⁵

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 119

And once again:143 Behold, thy Sustainer [shows mercy] to those who do evil out of ignorance and afterwards repent and live righteously: behold, after such [repentance] thy Sustainer is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

- Mohammad Asad

Yet your Rabb is forgiving and merciful towards those who do something wrong through ignorance, but later repent and mend their ways.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

As for those who commit evil ignorantly 'or recklessly', then repent afterwards and mend their ways, then your Lord is surely All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

- Mustafa Khattab

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.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. 2155

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Related Islamic Resources

And once again:¹⁴³ Behold, thy Sustainer [shows mercy] to those who do evil out of ignorance and afterwards repent and live righteously: behold, after such [repentance] thy Sustainer is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

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. ²¹⁵⁵