Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 27 (4:27)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا۟ …

Quran 4:27 is ayah 27 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 83 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:27
وَٱللَّهُيُرِيدُأَنيَتُوبَعَلَيْكُمْوَيُرِيدُٱلَّذِينَيَتَّبِعُونَٱلشَّهَوَٰتِأَنتَمِيلُوا۟مَيْلًاعَظِيمًا٢٧
wal-lahu yurīdu an yatūba ʿalaykum wayurīdu alladhīna yattabiʿūna l-shahawāti an tamīlū maylan ʿaẓīman

Allāh wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation.(27)

Word by word

  1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  2. يُرِيدُyurīduwishes
  3. أَنanto
  4. يَتُوبَyatūbaaccept repentance
  5. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfrom you
  6. وَيُرِيدُwayurīdubut wish
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  8. يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnafollow
  9. ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِl-shahawātithe passions
  10. أَنanthat
  11. تَمِيلُوا۟tamīlūyou deviate
  12. مَيْلًاmaylan(into) a deviation
  13. عَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat

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