إِنَّمَا ٱلتَّوْبَةُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
Easy-read (simplified)innamaa t-tawbatu 'alaa llaahi lilladheena ya'maloona s-soo'a bijahaalatin thumma yatooboona min qareebin fa'oolaa'ika yatoobu llaahu 'alayhim wakaana llaahu 'aleeman hakeemaa
DIN 31635ʾinnamā t-tawbatu ʿalā llāhi lillaḏīna yaʿmalūna s-sūʾa biǧahālatin ṯumma yatūbūna min qarībin faʾūlāʾika yatūbu llāhu ʿalayhim wakāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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Verily repentance will be accepted with God, from those who do evil ignorantly, and then repent speedily; unto them will God be turned: For God is knowing and wise
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Repentance is available from God for those who commit evil out of ignorance, and then repent soon after. These-God will relent towards them. God is Knowing and Wise.
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
Forgiveness is only incumbent on Allah toward those who do evil in ignorance (and) then turn quickly (in repentance) to Allah. These are they toward whom Allah relenteth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
God is only bound to turn again towards those who do evil through ignorance and then turn again. Surely, these will God turn again to, for God is knowing, wise
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
With God himself will the repentance of those who have done evil ignorantly, and then turn speedily unto Him, be accepted. These! God will turn unto them: for God is Knowing, Wise
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Në të vërtetë, Allahu ua pranon pendimin atyre që bëjnë të këqija nga padija e pastaj pendohen me kohë. Pra, këtyre Allahu ua pranon pendimin. Allahu është i Gjithëdijshëm dhe i Urtë.
আল্লাহ অবশ্যই সেসব লোকের তাওবা কবুল করবেন যারা অজ্ঞতাবশত(১১) মন্দ কাজ করে এবং পরক্ষণেই ভীষণ অনুতপ্ত হয় এবং তাওবা করে। এরাই সেসব লোক, যাদের তাওবা আল্লাহ কবুল করেন। আর আল্লাহ তো সর্বজ্ঞানী, প্রজ্ঞাময়।
Allah prima samo pokajanje onih koji učine kakvo loše djelo iz neznanja, a potom se ubrzo pokaju. Njima će Allah oprostiti, a Allah je Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
Allah prima samo pokajanje onih koji učine kakvo loše djelo iz neznanja, a potom se ubrzo pokaju. Njima će Allah oprostiti, a Allah je Onaj Koji sve zna i mudar je.
Ganndee tuubuubuyee on ka Alla, ko wonannde ɓen gollirooɓe bone sabu majjere, refti ɓe tuuba ka ɓadii. Ɓen ɗon, Alla Jaɓanay ɓe tuubuubuyee. Alla Laatike gannduɗo Ñeeñuɗo.
ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰთან არის (აღთქმა) სინანულის მიღებისა მათთვის, ვინც ბოროტებას [ცოდვას] სჩადის უცოდინრობით, შემდეგ კი მალევე მოინანიებს. ასეთებს — ალლაჰი მიიღებს მათ სინანულს (აპატიებს მათ). და ჭეშმარიტად, ალლაჰი ყოვლისმცოდნე, ბრძენია!
Wahrlich, die (Annahme der) Reue obliegt Allah nur für diejenigen, die in Unwissenheit Schlechtes tun und hierauf zeitnah bereuen. Deren Reue nimmt Allah an, und Allah ist allwissend und allweise.
Ο Αλλάχ δέχεται μόνο τη μεταμέλεια εκείνων που διαπράττουν το κακό από άγνοια και μετά στρέφονται με μεταμέλεια (προς τον Αλλάχ) σύντομα. Γι' αυτούς ο Αλλάχ δέχεται τη μεταμέλειά τους, και ο Αλλάχ είναι ‘Αλείμ (Παντογνώστης) και Χακείμ (Πάνσοφος).
अल्लाह के पास उन्हीं लोगों की तौबा स्वीकार्य है, जो अनजाने में बुराई कर बैठते हैं, फिर शीघ्र ही तौबा कर लेते हैं। तो अल्लाह ऐसे ही लोगों की तौबा क़बूल करता है। तथा अल्लाह सब कुछ जानने वाला हिकमत वाला है।
In verità il perdono è di Allāh, per quelli che fanno il male per ignoranza, e presto se ne pentono; e quelli saranno perdonati da Allāh, e Allāh è in verità Sapiente, Saggio.
17. Allahas priima atgailą tik tų, kurie daro bloga iš nežinojimo ir kvailumo, ir iš kart po to atgailauja. Tai tie, kuriems Allahas atleis, ir Allahas yra Visada Visa Žinantis, Visa Išmanantis.
Tawbaan (qeebaltiin isii) Rabbirratti taate warra wallaalumaan hamtuu hojjatanii ergasii dhihootti (osoo duuti itti hindhufin) tawbataniifi, Warra san Rabbiin tawbaa isaanii irraa qeebala, Rabbiin beekaa, ogeessa ta'eera.
Воистину, Аллах принимает покаяние лишь от тех, которые по неведению совершают зло, а затем вскоре каются. Именно такие — те, у кого Аллах принимает покаяние. Аллах всегда был [и пребудет] знающим, мудрым.
Аллах прима само покајање оних који учине какво лоше дело из незнања, а потом се убрзо покају. Њима ће Аллах да опрости, а Аллах све зна и мудар је.
Hakika, toba inayokubaliwa na Mwenyezi Mungu ni ya wale wafanyao uovu kwa ujinga, kisha wakatubia kwa haraka. Hao ndio Mwenyezi Mungu huwakubalia toba yao, na Mwenyezi Mungu ni mwenye kujua, Mwenye hekima.
Gud tar endast emot ånger från de som begår dåliga handlingar av oförstånd och sedan ångrar sig, innan deras tid är ute. Det är deras ånger som Gud tar emot. Gud är allvetande, vis.
Allah katında (makbul) tevbe, ancak cahillikle bilmeyerek günah işleyip sonra çok geçmeden tevbe edenlerin tevbesidir. İşte Allah, bunların tevbelerini kabul buyurur. Allah, hakkıyla bilendir, hüküm ve hikmet sahibidir.
اللہ تعالیٰ صرف انہی لوگوں کی توبہ قبول فرماتا ہے جو بوجہ نادانی کوئی برائی کر گزریں پھر جلد اس سے باز آ جائیں اور توبہ کریں تو اللہ تعالیٰ بھی ان کی توبہ قبول کرتا ہے، اللہ تعالیٰ بڑے علم واﻻ حکمت واﻻ ہے۔
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وَٱلَّٰتِى يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنكُمْ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا
Easy-read (simplified)wallaatee ya'teena l-faahishata min nisaa'ikum fastashhidoo 'alayhinna arba'atan minkum fa'in shahidoo fa'amsikoohunna fee l-buyooti hattaa yatawaffaahunna l-mawtu aw yaj'ala llaahu lahunna sabeelaa
DIN 31635wallātī yaʾtīna l-fāḥišata min nisāʾikum fastašhidū ʿalayhinna ʾarbaʿatan minkum faʾin šahidū faʾamsikūhunna fī l-buyūti ḥattā yatawaffāhunna l-mawtu ʾaw yaǧʿala llāhu lahunna sabīlan
Those of your women who commit lewdness, you must have four witnesses against them, from among you. If they testify, confine them to the homes until death claims them, or God makes a way for them.
As for those of your women who are guilty of lewdness, call to witness four of you against them. And if they testify (to the truth of the allegation) then confine them to the houses until death take them or (until) Allah appoint for them a way (through new legislation)
Against those of your women who commit adultery, call witnesses four in number from among yourselves; and if these bear witness, then keep the women in houses until death release them, or God shall make for them a way
If any of your women be guilty of whoredom, then bring four witnesses against them from among yourselves; and if they bear witness to the fact, shut them up within their houses till death release them, or God make some way for them
If any of your women be guilty of whoredom, produce four witnesses from among you against them, and if they bear witness against them, imprison them in separate apartments until death release them, or God affordeth them a way to escape
وَٱلَّذَانِ يَأْتِيَٰنِهَا مِنكُمْ فَـَٔاذُوهُمَا فَإِن تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا
Easy-read (simplified)walladhaani ya'tiyaanihaa minkum fa'aadhoohumaa fa'in taabaa wa'aslahaa fa'a'ridoo 'anhumaa inna llaaha kaana tawwaaban raheemaa
DIN 31635wallaḏāni yaʾtiyānihā minkum faʾāḏūhumā faʾin tābā waʾaṣlaḥā faʾaʿriḍū ʿanhumā ʾinna llāha kāna tawwāban raḥīman
If two men among you commit it, punish them both. But if they repent and reform, leave them alone. God is Redeemer, Full of Mercy.
And as for the two of you who are guilty thereof, punish them both. And if they repent and improve, then let them be. Lo! Allah is ever relenting, Merciful
And if two of you commit it, then hurt them both; but if they turn again and amend, leave them alone, verily, God is easily turned, compassionate
And if two men among you commit the same crime, then punish them both; but if they turn and amend, then let them be: for God is He who turneth, Merciful
And if two of you commit the like wickedness, punish them both: But if they repent and amend, let them both alone; for God is easy to be reconciled and merciful
4:17 — the verse above
وَلَيْسَتِ ٱلتَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّى تُبْتُ ٱلْـَٰٔنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
Easy-read (simplified)walaysati t-tawbatu lilladheena ya'maloona s-sayyi'aati hattaa idhaa hadara ahadahumu l-mawtu qaala innee tubtu l-'aana walaa lladheena yamootoona wahum kuffaarun oolaa'ika a'tadnaa lahum 'adhaaban aleemaa
DIN 31635walaysati t-tawbatu lillaḏīna yaʿmalūna s-sayyiʾāti ḥattā ʾiḏā ḥaḍara ʾaḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla ʾinnī tubtu l-ʾāna walā llaḏīna yamūtūna wahum kuffārun ʾūlāʾika ʾaʿtadnā lahum ʿaḏāban ʾalīman
But repentance is not available for those who commit evils, until when death approaches one of them, he says, "Now I repent," nor for those who die as disbelievers. These-We have prepared for them a painful torment.
The forgiveness is not for those who do ill-deeds until, when death attendeth upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I repent now; nor yet for those who die while they are disbelievers. For such We have prepared a painful doom
His turning again is not for those who do evil, until, when death comes before one of them, he says, 'Now I turn again;' nor yet forth those who die in misbelief. For such as these have we prepared a grievous woe
But no place of repentance shall there be for those who do evil, until, when death is close to one of them, he saith, "Now verily am I turned to God;" nor to those who die unbelievers. These! we have made ready for them a grievous torment
But no repentance shall be accepted from those who do evil until the time when death presenteth it self unto one of them, and he saith, verily I repent now; nor unto those who die unbelievers: For them have we prepared a grievous punishment
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرْهًا وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا۟ بِبَعْضِ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa lladheena aamanoo laa yahillu lakum an tarithoo n-nisaa'a karhan walaa ta'duloohunna litadhhaboo biba'di maa aataytumoohunna illaa an ya'teena bifaahishatin mubayyinatin wa'aashiroohunna bil-ma'roofi fa'in karihtumoohunna fa'asaa an takrahoo shay'an wayaj'ala llaahu feehi khayran katheeraa
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū lā yaḥillu lakum ʾan tariṯū n-nisāʾa karhan walā taʿḍulūhunna litaḏhabū bibaʿḍi mā ʾātaytumūhunna ʾillā ʾan yaʾtīna bifāḥišatin mubayyinatin waʿāširūhunna bil-maʿrūfi faʾin karihtumūhunna faʿasā ʾan takrahū šayʾan wayaǧʿala llāhu fīhi ḫayran kaṯīran
O you who believe! It is not permitted for you to inherit women against their will. And do not coerce them in order to take away some of what you had given them, unless they commit a proven adultery. And live with them in kindness. If you dislike them, it may be that you dislike something in which God has placed much good.
O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the women (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. But consort with them in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing wherein Allah hath placed much good
O ye who believe! it is not lawful for you to inherit women's estates against their will; nor to hinder them, that ye may go off with part of what ye brought them, unless they commit fornication manifestly; but associate with them in reason, for if ye are averse from them, it may be that ye are averse from something wherein God has put much good for you
O believers! it is not allowed you to be heirs of your wives against their will; nor to hinder them from marrying, in order to take from them part of the dowry you had given them, unless they have been guilty of undoubted lewdness; but associate kindly with them: for if ye are estranged from them, haply ye are estranged from that in which God hath placed abundant good
O true believers, it is not lawful for you to be heirs of women against their will, nor to hinder them from marrying others, that ye may take away part of what ye have given them in dowry; unless they have been guilty of a manifest crime: But converse kindly with them. And if ye hate them, it may happen that ye may hate a thing wherein God hath placed much good
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إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
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