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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

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غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ ذِى ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.

Word-by-word meaning

غَافِرِghāfiri(The) Forgiver
ٱلذَّنۢبِl-dhanbi(of) the sin
وَقَابِلِwaqābiliand (the) Acceptor
ٱلتَّوْبِl-tawbi(of) [the] repentance
شَدِيدِshadīdisevere
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) the punishment
ذِىdhīOwner (of) the abundance
ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖl-ṭawliOwner (of) the abundance
لَآ(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَ ۖhuwaHim
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtues of the Surahs that begin with Ha MimIbn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Everything has an essence and the essence of the Qur'an is the family of Ha Mim," or he said, "the Ha Mims." Mis`ar bin Kidam said, "They used to be called `the brides'." All of this was recorded by the the Imam, great scholar, Abu `Ubayd Al-Qasim bin Sallam, may Allah have mercy upon him, in his book Fada'il Al-Qur'an.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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