Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:27

4:27

وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا۟ مَيْلًا عَظِيمًا

wal-lahu yurīdu an yatūba ʿalaykum wayurīdu alladhīna yattabiʿūna l-shahawāti an tamīlū maylan ʿaẓīman

Allāh wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation.

— Saheeh International

He wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts want you to go far astray.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh wishes to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away (from the Right Path).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يُرِيدُyurīduwishes
أَنanto
يَتُوبَyatūbaaccept repentance
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfrom you
وَيُرِيدُwayurīdubut wish
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnafollow
ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِl-shahawātithe passions
أَنanthat
تَمِيلُوا۟tamīlūyou deviate
مَيْلًاmaylan(into) a deviation
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangreat