Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 74 (5:74)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Quran 5:74 is ayah 74 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 120 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:74
أَفَلَايَتُوبُونَإِلَىٱللَّهِوَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُۥ ۚوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ٧٤
afalā yatūbūna ilā l-lahi wayastaghfirūnahu wal-lahu ghafūrun raḥīmun

So will they not repent to Allāh and seek His forgiveness? And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.(74)

Word by word

  1. أَفَلَاafalāSo will not
  2. يَتُوبُونَyatūbūnathey turn in repentance
  3. إِلَىilāto
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  5. وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُۥ ۚwayastaghfirūnahuand seek His forgiveness
  6. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  7. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  8. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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