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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 26of 176

يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌۭ﴿٢٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah wants to make clear to you [the lawful from the unlawful] and guide you to the [good] practices of those before you and to accept your repentance. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

يُرِيدُyurīduWishes
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لِيُبَيِّنَliyubayyinato make clear
لَكُمْlakumto you
وَيَهْدِيَكُمْwayahdiyakumand to guide you
سُنَنَsunana(to) ways
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
وَيَتُوبَwayatūbaand (to) accept repentance
عَلَيْكُمْ ۗʿalaykumfrom you
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ(And to show you the ways of those before you,) meaning their righteous ways and how to adhere to the commandments that He likes and is pleased with.وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ(and accept your repentance) from sin and error,وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ(and Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise.) in His commands, decrees, actions and statements.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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