سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ

Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 11

The Ant · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 377

إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًۢا بَعْدَ سُوٓءٍ فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿11﴾
"Except him who has done wrong and afterwards has changed evil for good; then surely, I am Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
إِلَّا illā Except
مَن man who
ظَلَمَ ẓalama wrongs
ثُمَّ thumma then
بَدَّلَ baddala substitutes
حُسْنًۢا ḥus'nan good
بَعْدَ baʿda after
سُوٓءٍۢ sūin evil
فَإِنِّى fa-innī then indeed, I Am
غَفُورٌۭ ghafūrun Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ raḥīmun Most Merciful

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11-1. That is, the oppressor should be afraid that Allah Almighty might seize him.

11-2. That is, I also accept the repentance of the oppressor.