Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 99 (4:99)

ٱلنِّسَاء

فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا

Quran 4:99 is ayah 99 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 94 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:99
فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَعَسَىٱللَّهُأَنيَعْفُوَعَنْهُمْ ۚوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَفُوًّاغَفُورًا٩٩
fa-ulāika ʿasā l-lahu an yaʿfuwa ʿanhum wakāna l-lahu ʿafuwwan ghafūran

For those it is expected that Allāh will pardon them, and Allāh is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.(99)

Word by word

  1. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those
  2. عَسَىʿasāmay be
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  4. أَنanwill
  5. يَعْفُوَyaʿfuwapardon
  6. عَنْهُمْ ۚʿanhum[on] them
  7. وَكَانَwakānaand is
  8. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  9. عَفُوًّاʿafuwwanOft-Pardoning
  10. غَفُورًاghafūranOft-Forgiving

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