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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ﴿١١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

ثُمَّthummaThen
إِنَّinnaindeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūdid
ٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūaevil
بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢbijahālatinin ignorance
ثُمَّthummathen
تَابُوا۟tābūrepented
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand corrected themselves
إِنَّinnaindeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
مِنۢminafter that
بَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāafter that
لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun(is) surely Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Some Good Things were Forbidden for the JewsAfter mentioning that He has forbidden us to eat dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and any animal which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah, and after making allowances for cases of necessity - which is part of making things easy for this Ummah, because Allah desires ease for us, not hardship - Allah then mentions what He forbade for the Jews in their laws before they were abrogated, and the restrictions, limitations and difficultie...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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