Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nisa Verse 27

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Allah intends to turn graciously towards you, while those who follow desires want you to deviate (from the right path), a huge deviation.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And it is Allah’s Will to turn to you in grace, but those who follow their desires wish to see you deviate entirely ˹from Allah’s Way˺.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts want you to deviate a massive deviation.

A. J. Arberry

and God desires to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts desire you to swerve away mightily.

Abdul Haleem

He wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts want you to go far astray.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And Allah intendeth to relent toward you, and those that follow lusts intend that ye shall incline a mighty inclining.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Allah doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow their lusts is that ye should turn away (from Him),- far, far away.

Abul Ala Maududi

And Allah indeed wants to turn graciously towards you; but those who follow their lusts would want you to drift far away from the right way.

Ahmed Ali

God likes to turn to you, but those who are lost in the pleasures of the flesh wish to turn you astray, far away.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And Allah wills to incline towards you with His mercy; and those who pursue their own pleasures wish that you be far separated from the Straight Path.

Ali Quli Qarai

Allah desires to turn toward you clemently, but those who pursue their [base] appetites desire that you fall into gross waywardness.

Ali Ünal

God wills to turn to you (with mercy and favor by explaining to you His commandments and guiding you to the Straight Path), whereas those who follow (their) lusts (for women, offspring, wealth, fame, status, and position) desire you to deviate greatly (from the Straight Path).

Amatul Rahman Omar

Whereas Allâh desires to turn to you with mercy, those who follow (the dictates of their) lusts want you to drift far away (from the right path).

English Literal

And God wants that He forgives on you, and those who follow the lusts/desires want that you bend/sway (a) great bending/swaying.

Faridul Haque

And Allah wills to incline towards you with His mercy; and those who pursue their own pleasures wish that you be far separated from the Straight Path.

Hamid S. Aziz

O you who believe! Squander not your property amongst yourselves vainly, but use it in trade by mutual consent. And do not destroy yourselves (or kill one another); verily, Allah is ever Merciful unto you.

Hilali & Khan

Allah wishes to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away from the Right Path.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Allah desires to explain to you, and to guide you into the ways of those before you, and to turn to you (mercifully). And Allah is Knowing, Wise.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And Allah desires that He should turn to you (mercifully), and those who follow (their) lusts desire that you should deviate (with) a great deviation.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray.

Muhammad Sarwar

God wants to be merciful to you but those who follow their evil desires seek to lead you astray.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Allah wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lower desires wish you to greatly swerve away.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Allah wishes to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away (from the right path)

Wahiduddin Khan

He wishes to turn towards you in mercy, but those who follow their own passions want you to drift far away from the right path.

Talal Itani

God intends to redeem you, but those who follow their desires want you to turn away utterly.

Tafsir jalalayn

And God desires to turn [forgivingly] towards you (He repeats this in order to expand upon it), but those who follow their passions, the Jews and Christians, or the Magians and adulterers, desire that you deviate with a terrible deviation, transgressing what is right by committing what has been forbidden you, so that you might be like them.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَاللّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ

Allah wishes to accept your repentance,

وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَن تَمِيلُواْ مَيْلً عَظِيمًا



but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away (from the right path).

indicates that the followers of Shaytan among the Jews, Christians and the adulterous, wish that you would take the horrendous path of falsehood instead of the truth