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Surah Yusuf, Ayah 53 (12:53)

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۞ وَمَآ أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّ …

Quran 12:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Yusuf (“Joseph”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 242 of the Madani Mushaf.

12:53
۞ وَمَآأُبَرِّئُنَفْسِىٓ ۚإِنَّٱلنَّفْسَلَأَمَّارَةٌۢبِٱلسُّوٓءِإِلَّامَارَحِمَرَبِّىٓ ۚإِنَّرَبِّىغَفُورٌرَّحِيمٌ٥٣
wamā ubarri-u nafsī inna l-nafsa la-ammāratun bil-sūi illā mā raḥima rabbī inna rabbī ghafūrun raḥīmun

And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."(53)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَمَآwamāAnd not
  2. أُبَرِّئُubarri-uI absolve
  3. نَفْسِىٓ ۚnafsīmyself
  4. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  5. ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul
  6. لَأَمَّارَةٌۢla-ammāratun(is) a certain enjoiner
  7. بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiof evil
  8. إِلَّاillāunless
  9. مَاmā[that]
  10. رَحِمَraḥimabestows Mercy
  11. رَبِّىٓ ۚrabbīmy Lord
  12. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  13. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  14. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  15. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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