Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nahl Verse 119

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Then your Lord - for those who did evil because of ignorance, then repented after that and corrected themselves - surely your Lord is, after all that, Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

As for those who commit evil ignorantly ˹or recklessly˺, then repent afterwards and mend their ways, then your Lord is surely All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Ruwwad Translation Center

As for those who commit evil out of ignorance then repent after that and mend their ways, then your Lord is indeed All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

A. J. Arberry

Then, surely thy Lord -- unto those who did evil in ignorance, then repented after that and put things right -- surely thy Lord thereafter is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.

Abdul Haleem

But towards those who do wrong out of ignorance, and afterwards repent and make amends, your Lord is most forgiving and merciful.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then, verily, thy Lord unto those who work evil from ignorance, and then repent thereafter and amend, verily thy Lord thereafter is Forgiving, Merciful.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But verily thy Lord,- to those who do wrong in ignorance, but who thereafter repent and make amends,- thy Lord, after all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Abul Ala Maududi

But to those who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent and amend their ways, thereafter your Lord will be Much Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Ahmed Ali

To those who do wrong out of ignorance, then repent and correct themselves, your Lord is indeed forgiving and kind.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Then indeed your Lord – for those who unwittingly commit evil and then repent and reform themselves – indeed your Lord is then, surely, Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Ali Quli Qarai

Moreover, your Lord will indeed be forgiving and merciful to those who repent after they having committed evil out of ignorance and reform themselves.

Ali Ünal

Then indeed your Lord is – to those who do evil in ignorance (as a result of failing to counter the prompting of the evil-commanding soul), and then repent (soon as they realize what they have done is wrong) and mend their ways and conduct – indeed your Lord is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate (with special mercy toward His penitent servants).

Amatul Rahman Omar

Again, those who commit evil in ignorance and then after that turn to Him in repentance and mend their ways, will find that surely after that, (for those who repent) your Lord is Great Protector, Ever Merciful.

English Literal

Then that your Lord to those who made/did bad/evil/harm with ignorance/foolishness, then they repented from after that, and they corrected/repaired , that your Lord (is) from after it forgiving (E), merciful.

Faridul Haque

Then indeed your Lord - for those who unwittingly commit evil and then repent and reform themselves - indeed your Lord is then, surely, Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Hamid S. Aziz

Then, verily, your Lord - for those who do evil in ignorance and afterwards repent and amend - verily, your Lord is indeed Forgiving and Merciful.

Hilali & Khan

Then, verily! Your Lord for those who do evil (commit sins and are disobedient to Allah) in ignorance and afterward repent and do righteous deeds, verily, your Lord thereafter, (to such) is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And to those who are Jews We prohibited what We have related to thee already, and We did them no wrong, but they wronged themselves.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who do an evil in ignorance, then turn after that and make amends, most surely your Lord after that is Forgiving, Merciful.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Then lo! thy Lord - for those who do evil in ignorance and afterward repent and amend - lo! (for them) thy Lord is afterward indeed Forgiving, Merciful.

Muhammad Sarwar

To those who commit sins in their ignorance then repent and reform, your Lord is certainly All-forgiving and All-merciful.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Surely, your Lord to those who commit evil through ignorance and afterwards repent, and mend their ways your Lord thereafter is surely Forgiving, Merciful.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Then, your Lord for those who did evil out of ignorance and afterward repent and do righteous deeds - verily, after that, your Lord is Pardoning, Most Merciful.

Wahiduddin Khan

Surely, your Lord is most forgiving and ever merciful towards those who do evil in ignorance and truly repent thereafter and make amends.

Talal Itani

But towards those who do wrongs in ignorance, and then repent afterwards and reform, your Lord thereafter is Forgiving and Merciful.

Tafsir jalalayn

Then indeed your Lord -- to those who did evil, associating others [with God], out of ignorance, and then repented, returned [to God's way], after that and made amends, in their actions -- indeed your Lord after that, that is, [after] that ignorance, or that repentance, is Forgiving, of them, Merciful, to them.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ

Then, your Lord for those who did evil out of ignorance,

Some of the Salaf said that this means that everyone who disobeys Allah is ignorant.

ثُمَّ تَابُواْ مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُواْ

and afterward repent and do righteous deeds,

meaning, they give up the sins they used to commit and turn to doing acts of obedience to Allah.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعْدِهَا

verily, after that, your Lord is...

means, after that mistake

لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ


Pardoning, Most Merciful