Surah An-Nisa — Verse 149
The Women · 4:149 · 149/176
إِن تُبْدُوا۟ خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا۟ عَن سُوٓءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا قَدِيرًا
In tubdoo khayran aw tukhfoohu aw taAAfooAAan soo-in fa-inna Allaha kana AAafuwwan qadeera
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
If [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Competent.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
If you do good, openly or in secret, or if you pardon something bad,then God is most forgiving and powerful.
Marmaduke Pickthall
If ye do good openly or keep it secret, or forgive evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Powerful.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon, verily Allah doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the judgment of values).
Mufti Taqi Usmani
If you do a good act openly or do it in secret, or forgive an evil deed, then, Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Powerful.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Whether you (mankind) disclose (by good words of thanks) a good deed (done to you in the form of a favour by someone), or conceal it, or pardon an evil, ... verily, Allâh is Ever Oft-Pardoning, All-Powerful.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
(Even though you have the right to speak evil if you are wronged), if you keep doing good -whether openly or secretly -or at least pardon the evil (then that is the attribute of Allah). Allah is All-Pardoning and He has all the power to chastise.