Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 118 (5:118)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Quran 5:118 is ayah 118 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 127 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:118
إِنتُعَذِّبْهُمْفَإِنَّهُمْعِبَادُكَ ۖوَإِنتَغْفِرْلَهُمْفَإِنَّكَأَنتَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ١١٨
in tuʿadhib'hum fa-innahum ʿibāduka wa-in taghfir lahum fa-innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."(118)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. تُعَذِّبْهُمْtuʿadhib'humYou punish them
  3. فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed they
  4. عِبَادُكَ ۖʿibāduka(are) Your slaves
  5. وَإِنwa-inand if
  6. تَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgive
  7. لَهُمْlahum[for] them
  8. فَإِنَّكَfa-innakathen indeed You
  9. أَنتَantaYou
  10. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(are) the All-Mighty
  11. ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

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