A quiet moment with the Quran.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ
PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING
Then lo! thy Lord - for those who do evil in ignorance and afterward repent and amend - lo! (for them) thy Lord is afterward indeed Forgiving, Merciful.
What did these words bring you?
Explore 285 more ayahs about mercy.
An Nahl 16:119 connects “thy Lord is afterward indeed Forgiving” with Allah’s mercy together with the responsibility to act justly and compassionately, inviting attentive reading rather than a hurried conclusion. Return to this ayah in salah or dua and ask where mercy and justice need to shape your next response.
This is a personal reflection prompt, not tafsir. For interpretation, consult qualified scholarship and the ayah’s wider Quranic context.
Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.
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