Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 135 (3:135)

آلِ عِمْرَان

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ …

Quran 3:135 is ayah 135 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 67 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:135
وَٱلَّذِينَإِذَافَعَلُوا۟فَٰحِشَةًأَوْظَلَمُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْذَكَرُوا۟ٱللَّهَفَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟لِذُنُوبِهِمْوَمَنيَغْفِرُٱلذُّنُوبَإِلَّاٱللَّهُوَلَمْيُصِرُّوا۟عَلَىٰمَافَعَلُوا۟وَهُمْيَعْلَمُونَ١٣٥
wa-alladhīna idhā faʿalū fāḥishatan aw ẓalamū anfusahum dhakarū l-laha fa-is'taghfarū lidhunūbihim waman yaghfiru l-dhunūba illā l-lahu walam yuṣirrū ʿalā mā faʿalū wahum yaʿlamūna

And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allāh and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allāh? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.(135)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. فَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey did
  4. فَٰحِشَةًfāḥishatanimmorality
  5. أَوْawor
  6. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūwronged
  7. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  8. ذَكَرُوا۟dhakarūthey remember
  9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  10. فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟fa-is'taghfarūthen ask forgiveness
  11. لِذُنُوبِهِمْlidhunūbihimfor their sins
  12. وَمَنwamanand who
  13. يَغْفِرُyaghfiru(can) forgive
  14. ٱلذُّنُوبَl-dhunūbathe sins
  15. إِلَّاillāexcept
  16. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  17. وَلَمْwalamAnd not
  18. يُصِرُّوا۟yuṣirrūthey persist
  19. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  20. مَاmāwhat
  21. فَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey did
  22. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  23. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

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