Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:118

5:118

إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

in tuʿadhib'hum fa-innahum ʿibāduka wa-in taghfir lahum fa-innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

— Saheeh International

and if You punish them, they are Your servants; if You forgive them, You are the Almighty, the Wise.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You, are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."

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

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Word by Word

إِنinIf
تُعَذِّبْهُمْtuʿadhib'humYou punish them
فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed they
عِبَادُكَۖʿibāduka(are) Your slaves
وَإِنwa-inand if
تَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgive
لَهُمْlahum[for] them
فَإِنَّكَfa-innakathen indeed You
أَنتَantaYou
ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(are) the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise