Surah An-Nisa, ayah 18
وَلَيْسَتِ ٱلتَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ إِنِّى تُبْتُ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.
An-Nisa · 4:18
Word by word
- وَلَيْسَتِwalaysatiAnd not
- ٱلتَّوْبَةُl-tawbatu(is) the acceptance of repentance
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
- ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deeds
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- حَضَرَḥaḍaraapproaches
- أَحَدَهُمُaḥadahumuone of them
- ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
- قَالَqālahe says
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed I
- تُبْتُtub'turepent
- ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānanow
- وَلَاwalāand not
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَمُوتُونَyamūtūnadie
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- كُفَّارٌ ۚkuffārun(are) disbelievers
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāWe have prepared
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
- أَلِيمًۭاalīmanpainful
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