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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 160of 286

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ وَبَيَّنُوا۟ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنَا ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Except for those who repent and correct themselves and make evident [what they concealed]. Those - I will accept their repentance, and I am the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

إِلَّاillāExcept
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
تَابُوا۟tābūwho repent[ed]
وَأَصْلَحُوا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand reform[ed]
وَبَيَّنُوا۟wabayyanūand openly declar[ed]
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those
أَتُوبُatūbuI will accept repentance
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimfrom them
وَأَنَاwa-anāand I (am)
ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Acceptor of Repentance
ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Eternal Curse for Those Who hide Religious CommandmentsThese Ayat sternly warn against those who hide the clear signs that the Messengers were sent with which guide to the correct path and beneficial guidance for the hearts, after Allah has made such aspects clear for His servants through the Books that He revealed to His Messengers. Abu Al-`Aliyah said that these Ayat, "were revealed about the People of the Scripture who hid the description of Muhammad .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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