Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 54 (6:54)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ …

Quran 6:54 is ayah 54 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 134 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:54
وَإِذَاجَآءَكَٱلَّذِينَيُؤْمِنُونَبَِٔايَٰتِنَافَقُلْسَلَٰمٌعَلَيْكُمْ ۖكَتَبَرَبُّكُمْعَلَىٰنَفْسِهِٱلرَّحْمَةَ ۖأَنَّهُۥمَنْعَمِلَمِنكُمْسُوٓءًۢابِجَهَٰلَةٍثُمَّتَابَمِنۢبَعْدِهِۦوَأَصْلَحَفَأَنَّهُۥغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ٥٤
wa-idhā jāaka alladhīna yu'minūna biāyātinā faqul salāmun ʿalaykum kataba rabbukum ʿalā nafsihi l-raḥmata annahu man ʿamila minkum sūan bijahālatin thumma tāba min baʿdihi wa-aṣlaḥa fa-annahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

And when those come to you who believe in Our verses, say, "Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy: that any of you who does wrong out of ignorance and then repents after that and corrects himself - indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful."(54)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. جَآءَكَjāakacome to you
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  5. بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
  6. فَقُلْfaqulthen say
  7. سَلَٰمٌsalāmunPeace
  8. عَلَيْكُمْ ۖʿalaykum(be) upon you
  9. كَتَبَkataba(Has) Prescribed
  10. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
  11. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
  12. نَفْسِهِnafsihiHimself
  13. ٱلرَّحْمَةَ ۖl-raḥmatathe Mercy
  14. أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
  15. مَنْmanwho
  16. عَمِلَʿamiladoes
  17. مِنكُمْminkumamong you
  18. سُوٓءًۢاsūanevil
  19. بِجَهَٰلَةٍbijahālatinin ignorance
  20. ثُمَّthummathen
  21. تَابَtābarepents
  22. مِنۢminfrom
  23. بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter it
  24. وَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥaand reforms
  25. فَأَنَّهُۥfa-annahuthen, indeed He
  26. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  27. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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