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Surah An-Naml, Ayah 11 (27:11)

ٱلنَّمْل

إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًۢا بَعْدَ سُوٓءٍ فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Quran 27:11 is ayah 11 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 377 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:11
إِلَّامَنظَلَمَثُمَّبَدَّلَحُسْنًۢابَعْدَسُوٓءٍفَإِنِّىغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ١١
illā man ẓalama thumma baddala ḥus'nan baʿda sūin fa-innī ghafūrun raḥīmun

Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.(11)

Word by word

  1. إِلَّاillāExcept
  2. مَنmanwho
  3. ظَلَمَẓalamawrongs
  4. ثُمَّthummathen
  5. بَدَّلَbaddalasubstitutes
  6. حُسْنًۢاḥus'nangood
  7. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  8. سُوٓءٍsūinevil
  9. فَإِنِّىfa-innīthen indeed, I Am
  10. غَفُورٌghafūrunOft-Forgiving
  11. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Tafsir (commentary) of 27:11

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