Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 160 (2:160)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ وَبَيَّنُوا۟ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنَا …

Quran 2:160 is ayah 160 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 24 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:160
إِلَّاٱلَّذِينَتَابُوا۟وَأَصْلَحُوا۟وَبَيَّنُوا۟فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَتُوبُعَلَيْهِمْ ۚوَأَنَاٱلتَّوَّابُٱلرَّحِيمُ١٦٠
illā alladhīna tābū wa-aṣlaḥū wabayyanū fa-ulāika atūbu ʿalayhim wa-anā l-tawābu l-raḥīmu

Except for those who repent and correct themselves and make evident [what they concealed]. Those - I will accept their repentance, and I am the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.(160)

Word by word

  1. إِلَّاillāExcept
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  3. تَابُوا۟tābūwho repent[ed]
  4. وَأَصْلَحُوا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand reform[ed]
  5. وَبَيَّنُوا۟wabayyanūand openly declar[ed]
  6. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those
  7. أَتُوبُatūbuI will accept repentance
  8. عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimfrom them
  9. وَأَنَاwa-anāand I (am)
  10. ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Acceptor of Repentance
  11. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

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