Qur'an 66:8 At-Tahrim
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوْبَةًۭ نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِىَّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ ۖ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَىٰ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَٰنِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ
O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed before them and on their right; they will say, "Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent."
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What it says
Naṣūḥ describes a repentance thorough enough to close like a well-fitted seam, and the verse pairs it with a scene of light running ahead of believers and beside their right hands on the day the Prophet and those with him are not disgraced. The prayer that ends the verse, asking for the light to be completed, implies that even a granted light can still be partial, still needing something more at the end.
Word by word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا yā-ayyuhā O · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who · ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe · تُوبُوٓا۟ tūbū turn in repentance · إِلَى ilā to · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · تَوْبَةً tawbatan a repentance · نَّصُوحًا naṣūḥan sincere · عَسَىٰ ʿasā perhaps · رَبُّكُمْ rabbukum your Lord · أَن an that · يُكَفِّرَ yukaffira he will remove · عَنكُمْ ʿankum from you · سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ sayyiʾātikum your bad deeds · وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ wa-yudkhilakum and admit you · جَنَّٰتٍ jannātin into gardens · تَجْرِى tajrī flowing · مِن min from · تَحْتِهَا taḥtihā beneath them · ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ al-anhāru the rivers · يَوْمَ yawma on the day · لَا lā not · يُخْزِى yukhzī he disgraces · ٱللَّهُ allāhu Allah · ٱلنَّبِىَّ an-nabiyya the Prophet · وَٱلَّذِينَ walladhīna and those who · ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believed · مَعَهُۥ maʿahu with him · نُورُهُمْ nūruhum their light · يَسْعَىٰ yasʿā runs · بَيْنَ bayna before · أَيْدِيهِمْ aydīhim their hands · وَبِأَيْمَٰنِهِمْ wa-biʾaymānihim and on their right · يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna saying · رَبَّنَآ rabbanā our Lord · أَتْمِمْ atmim complete · لَنَا lanā for us · نُورَنَا nūranā our light · وَٱغْفِرْ wa-ghfir and forgive · لَنَآ lanā us · إِنَّكَ innaka indeed You · عَلَىٰ ʿalā over · كُلِّ kulli every · شَىْءٍ shayʾin thing · قَدِيرٌ qadīr able
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