Surah An-Najm (النجم) • The Star

Quran 53:32

53:32

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ

alladhīna yajtanibūna kabāira l-ith'mi wal-fawāḥisha illā l-lamama inna rabbaka wāsiʿu l-maghfirati huwa aʿlamu bikum idh ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-idh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum falā tuzakkū anfusakum huwa aʿlamu bimani ittaqā

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.

— Saheeh International

As for those who avoid grave sins and foul acts, though they may commit small sins, your Lord is ample in forgiveness. He has been aware of you from the time He produced you from the earth and from your hiding places in your mothers’ wombs, so do not assert your own goodness:He knows best who is mindful of Him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those who avoid great sins (See the Qur’ân, Verses: 6:152,153) and Al-Fawâhish (illegal sexual intercourse) except the small faults, - verily, your Lord is of Vast Forgiveness. He knows you well when He created you from the earth (Adam), and when you were fetuses in your mothers’ wombs. So ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows best him who fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him [i.e. those who are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious. See V.2:2)].

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

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ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَجْتَنِبُونَyajtanibūnaavoid
كَبَـٰٓئِرَkabāiragreat
ٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'misins
وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَwal-fawāḥishaand the immoralities
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّمَمَۚl-lamamathe small faults
إِنَّinnaindeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
وَٰسِعُwāsiʿu(is) vast
ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِۚl-maghfirati(in) forgiveness
هُوَhuwaHe
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing about you
بِكُمْbikum(is) most knowing about you
إِذْidhwhen
أَنشَأَكُمansha-akumHe produced you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَإِذْwa-idhand when
أَنتُمْantumyou (were)
أَجِنَّةٌۭajinnatunfetuses
فِىfīin
بُطُونِbuṭūni(the) wombs
أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْۖummahātikum(of) your mothers
فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
تُزَكُّوٓا۟tuzakkūascribe purity
أَنفُسَكُمْۖanfusakum(to) yourselves
هُوَhuwaHe
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
بِمَنِbimani(he) who
ٱتَّقَىٰٓittaqāfears