Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic فَأُولَٰئِكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَفُوًّا غَفُورً Transliteration Faola -ika AAasa Alla hu an yaAAfuwa AAanhum waka na Alla hu AAafuwwan ghafoora n Transliteration-2 fa-ulāika ʿasā l-lahu an yaʿfuwa ʿanhum wakāna l-lahu ʿafuwwan ghafūra Word for Word Then those, may be, [that] Allah will pardon [on] them, and is Allah Oft-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad as for them, God may well efface their sin - for God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving M. M. Pickthall As for such, it may be that Allah will pardon them. Allah is ever Clement, Forgiving Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) For these, there is hope that Allah will forgive: For Allah doth blot out (sins) and forgive again and again Shakir So these, it may be, Allah will pardon them, and Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving Wahiduddin Khan God may well pardon them. God is ever-pardoning and ever forgiving Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar then those, perhaps God will pardon them. And God had been Pardoning, Forgiving. T.B.Irving those God may eventually pardon. God is Pardoning, Forgiving. The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab it is right to hope that Allah will pardon them. For Allah is Ever-Pardoning, All-Forgiving. Safi Kaskas God might just pardon them. God is forever pardoning and forgiving. Abdul Hye these people may be that Allah will pardon them. Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving. The Study Quran As for such, it may be that God will pardon them, for God is Pardoning, Forgiving [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) For these, perhaps God will pardon them. God is Pardoner, Forgiving Abdel Haleem God may well pardon these, for He is most pardoning and most forgiving. Anyone who migrates for God’s cause will find many a refuge and great plenty in the earth Abdul Majid Daryabadi These: belike Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning, Forgiving Ahmed Ali May well hope for the mercy of God; and God is full of mercy and grace Aisha Bewley It may well be that Allah will pardon them. Allah is Ever-Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving. Ali Ünal For those (while their circumstances are unchanged, it is expected that) God will not hold them accountable and will excuse them. Assuredly God is One Who excuses much, All-Forgiving Ali Quli Qara'i Maybe Allah will excuse them, for Allah is all-excusing, all-forgiving Hamid S. Aziz These it may be Allah will pardon, for Allah is Clement and Forgiving Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali So for those Allah may be clement towards them, and Allah has been Ever-Clement, Ever-Forgiving Muhammad Sarwar perhaps God will forgive them; He is All-merciful and All-forgiving Muhammad Taqi Usmani As for such, it is likely that Allah would pardon them. Allah is Most-Pardoning, Most-Forgiving Shabbir Ahmed There is room in Allah's Law for absolving their inabilities. Allah is indeed the Absolver of imperfections, Forgiver Syed Vickar Ahamed For these (weak and oppressed), Allah may forgive: And Allah is Often-Pardoning (‘Afuw), Often Forgiving (Ghafoor) Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) For those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving Farook Malik Allah may pardon them. Allah is the Pardoning, Forgiving Dr. Munir Munshey Perhaps, Allah will grant forgiveness to those (weak) ones. Allah is oft-Pardoning, and the most Forgiving Dr. Kamal Omar Then these: it is (most) probable that Allah pardons them and Allah is Oft-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving Talal A. Itani (new translation) These—God may well pardon them. God is Pardoning and Forgiving Maududi maybe Allah shall pardon these, for Allah is All-Pardoning, All-Forgiving Ali Bakhtiari Nejad And perhaps God excuses them. God is pardoning and forgiving A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) For these, there is hope that God will forgive, for God removes sins and forgive again and again Musharraf Hussain They may be pardoned by Allah. Indeed, Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving. [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) For these, perhaps God will pardon them. God is Pardoner, Forgiving. Mohammad Shafi Allah may then pardon such people. And Allah is Lenient, Forgiving
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works Bijan Moeinian God may forgive them as He is Forgiving and Forbearing Faridul Haque So for such, it is likely that Allah will pardon them; and Allah is Most Pardoning, Oft Forgiving Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah Those, Allah may pardon them, He is the Pardoner, the Forgiver Maulana Muhammad Ali So these, it may be that Allah will pardon them. And Allah is ever Pardoning, Forgiving Muhammad Ahmed - Samira So those, maybe God that He forgives/pardons on them, and God was/is often forgiving, (a) forgiver Sher Ali As to these, maybe ALLAH will efface their sins; for ALLAH is the Effacer of sins, the Most Forgiving Rashad Khalifa These may be pardoned by GOD. GOD is Pardoner, Forgiver. Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Then it is likelihood that as for such Allah will pardon. And Allah is Pardoning. Forgiving Amatul Rahman Omar As to these Allah may pardon them (for their helplessness), for Allah is the Effacer of sins, Most Forgiving Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri They are those whom Allah shall certainly spare, and Allah is Most Pardoning, Most Forgiving Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali For these there is hope that Allah will forgive them, and Allah is Ever Oft Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry haply them God will yet pardon, for God is All-pardoning, All-forgiving Edward Henry Palmer these it may be God will pardon, for God both pardons and forgives George Sale these peradventure God will pardon, for God is ready to forgive and gracious John Medows Rodwell These haply God will forgive: for God is Forgiving, Gracious N J Dawood (2014) God may pardon them: surely God pardons and forgives
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto For these, there is hope that Allah will forgive. Allah is the Forgiver, the Most Forgiving. Sayyid Qutb These God may well pardon, then, for God is indeed most Lenient, Much-Forgiving. Ahmed Hulusi It is expected that Allah will pardon them. Allah is the Afuw, the Ghafur. Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli So, perhapse, Allah will pardon them and Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim Such persons may be excused, and Allah may hopefully give up resentment against them; Allah has always been 'Afuwan and Ghafurun Mir Aneesuddin So those, it may be that Allah will pardon them and Allah is Pardoning, Protectively Forgiving.
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