Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 34 (42:34)

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أَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَيَعْفُ عَن كَثِيرٍ

Quran 42:34 is ayah 34 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 487 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:34
أَوْيُوبِقْهُنَّبِمَاكَسَبُوا۟وَيَعْفُعَنكَثِيرٍ٣٤
aw yūbiq'hunna bimā kasabū wayaʿfu ʿan kathīrin

Or He could destroy them for what they earned; but He pardons much.(34)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. يُوبِقْهُنَّyūbiq'hunnaHe could destroy them
  3. بِمَاbimāfor what
  4. كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey have earned
  5. وَيَعْفُwayaʿfubut He pardons
  6. عَنʿan[from]
  7. كَثِيرٍkathīrinmuch

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