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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 39of 120

فَمَن تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ظُلْمِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But whoever repents after his wrongdoing and reforms, indeed, Allah will turn to him in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

فَمَنfamanBut whoever
تَابَtābarepented
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ظُلْمِهِۦẓul'mihihis wrongdoing
وَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥaand reforms
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَتُوبُyatūbuwill turn in forgiveness
عَلَيْهِ ۗʿalayhito him
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Necessity of Cutting off the Hand of the ThiefAllah commands and decrees that the hand of the thief, male or female be cut off. During the time of Jahiliyyah, this was also the punishment for the thief, and Islam upheld this punishment. In Islam, there are several conditions that must be met before this punishment is carried out, as we will come to know, Allah willing. There are other rulings that Islam upheld after modifying these rulings, such as that of blood money for example.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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