Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 149 (4:149)

ٱلنِّسَاء

إِن تُبْدُوا۟ خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا۟ عَن سُوٓءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا …

Quran 4:149 is ayah 149 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 102 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:149
إِنتُبْدُوا۟خَيْرًاأَوْتُخْفُوهُأَوْتَعْفُوا۟عَنسُوٓءٍفَإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَفُوًّاقَدِيرًا١٤٩
in tub'dū khayran aw tukh'fūhu aw taʿfū ʿan sūin fa-inna l-laha kāna ʿafuwwan qadīran

If [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Competent.(149)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. تُبْدُوا۟tub'dūyou disclose
  3. خَيْرًاkhayrana good
  4. أَوْawor
  5. تُخْفُوهُtukh'fūhuyou conceal it
  6. أَوْawor
  7. تَعْفُوا۟taʿfūpardon
  8. عَنʿan[of]
  9. سُوٓءٍsūinan evil
  10. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  11. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  12. كَانَkānais
  13. عَفُوًّاʿafuwwanOft-Pardoning
  14. قَدِيرًاqadīranAll-Powerful

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