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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 119 (16:119)

ٱلنَّحْل

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ …

Quran 16:119 is ayah 119 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 281 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:119
ثُمَّإِنَّرَبَّكَلِلَّذِينَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلسُّوٓءَبِجَهَٰلَةٍثُمَّتَابُوا۟مِنۢبَعْدِذَٰلِكَوَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟إِنَّرَبَّكَمِنۢبَعْدِهَالَغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ١١٩
thumma inna rabbaka lilladhīna ʿamilū l-sūa bijahālatin thumma tābū min baʿdi dhālika wa-aṣlaḥū inna rabbaka min baʿdihā laghafūrun raḥīmun

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.(119)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. إِنَّinnaindeed
  3. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  4. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  5. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūdid
  6. ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūaevil
  7. بِجَهَٰلَةٍbijahālatinin ignorance
  8. ثُمَّthummathen
  9. تَابُوا۟tābūrepented
  10. مِنۢminafter
  11. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  12. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  13. وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand corrected themselves
  14. إِنَّinnaindeed
  15. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
  16. مِنۢminafter that
  17. بَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāafter that
  18. لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrun(is) surely Oft-Forgiving
  19. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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