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Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 25

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رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَـٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًا ﴿25﴾
Your Lord knows best what is in your inner-selves. If you are righteous, then, verily, He is Ever Most Forgiving to those who turn unto Him again and again in obedience, and in repentance.
رَّبُّكُمْ rabbukum Your Lord
أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu (is) most knowing
بِمَا bimā of what
فِى (is) in
نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ nufūsikum yourselves
إِن in If
تَكُونُوا۟ takūnū you are
صَـٰلِحِينَ ṣāliḥīna righteous
فَإِنَّهُۥ fa-innahu then indeed, He
كَانَ kāna is
لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ lil'awwābīna to those who often turn (to Him)
غَفُورًۭا ghafūran Most Forgiving

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(Ayah 25) {رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِيْ نُفُوْسِكُمْ … :} In these words, there is also a warning for those who do not have compassion and mercy in their hearts for their parents, and a consolation for such righteous children whose parents remain displeased without any valid reason and are not pleased despite every effort of the children. So it is said that if you are righteous and there is compassion and mercy in your heart for your parents, then for such repentant ones, Allah is extremely forgiving. Some scholars have explained this to mean that if you were negligent in service or committed any excess, then you repented and turned back, Allah will forgive you.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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25. Your Lord knows well what is in your hearts [28]. If you remain righteous, then surely He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to Him.

[28] That is, those who serve their parents or treat them well with sincere intention, Allah knows them very well, and those who serve their parents merely to avoid people's criticism, He knows them very well too. And Allah's forgiveness and mercy are for those who, being obedient to Allah, treat their parents with kindness.