# Ayn-Fe-Vav — عفو (Efw)

> Occurs in 35 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Efw

- **Meaning:** To forgive/pardon, abound, pass over, forgo, grow, multiply, obliterate all traces, remit, give more than what is due, relinquish right or remit in whole or in part. Afina (oblique pl. of afin) - forgiving. Afuwwan - very forgiving, name of Allah. Afwun - forgiveness, indulgence, surplus, superfluity. Ya'fu - to pardon. Ufiya - he is pardoned. (It does not necessarily imply the committing of a sin on the part of a person about whom it is used.)
- **Derived forms:** عَافِين (1) · عَفَا (27) · عَفْو (2) · عَفُوّ (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَوْنَا — ʿafawnā · "We forgave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Thumma AAafawna AAankum min baAAdi thalikalaAAallakum tashkuroon

Then We pardoned you after that, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-52.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱعْفُوا۟ — fa-iʿ'fū · "So forgive"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَدَّ كَث۪يرٌ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَوْ يَرُدُّونَكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ا۪يمَانِكُمْ كُفَّاراًۚ حَسَداً مِنْ عِنْدِ اَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْحَقُّۚ فَاعْفُوا وَاصْفَحُوا حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ اللّٰهُ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Wadda katheerun min ahli alkitabilaw yaruddoonakum min baAAdi eemanikum kuffaran hasadanmin AAindi anfusihim min baAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhaqqufaAAfoo wasfahoo hattaya/tiya Allahu bi-amrihi inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

Many among the doctors of the Law wish to turn you back as atheists after your faith out of envy from their souls after the truth has become clear to them. But pardon and forbear until God brings His command; God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-109.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 178

- **Form in this verse:** عُفِىَ — ʿufiya · "is pardoned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلٰىۜ اَلْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْاُنْثٰى بِالْاُنْثٰىۜ فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ اَخ۪يهِ شَيْءٌ فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَاَدَٓاءٌ اِلَيْهِ بِاِحْسَانٍۜ ذٰلِكَ تَخْف۪يفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌۜ فَمَنِ اعْتَدٰى بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookutiba AAalaykumu alqisasu fee alqatla alhurrubilhurri walAAabdu bilAAabdi walonthabilontha faman AAufiya lahu min akheehi shay-on fattibaAAunbilmaAAroofi waadaon ilayhi bi-ihsaninthalika takhfeefun min rabbikum warahmatun famaniiAAtada baAAda thalika falahu AAathabunaleem

O you who heed warning: just requital is ordained for you concerning those killed: the freeman for the freeman, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoso is pardoned anything by his brother, let the pursuance be according to what is fitting and the payment to him with good conduct; that is an alleviation and mercy from your Lord. And whoso transgresses after that, he has a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-178.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 187

- **Form in this verse:** وَعَفَا — waʿafā · "and He forgave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ اِلٰى نِسَٓائِكُمْۜ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنْكُمْۚ فَالْـٰٔنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْۖ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتّٰى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْاَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْاَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِۖ ثُمَّ اَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ اِلَى الَّيْلِۚ وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَاَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَۙ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِۜ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَاۜ  كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ اٰيَاتِه۪ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Ohilla lakum laylata assiyamiarrafathu ila nisa-ikum hunna libasunlakum waantum libasun lahunna AAalima Allahuannakum kuntum takhtanoona anfusakum fatabaAAalaykum waAAafa AAankum fal-ana bashiroohunnawabtaghoo ma kataba Allahu lakum wakuloo washraboohatta yatabayyana lakumu alkhaytu al-abyadumina alkhayti al-aswadi mina alfajri thumma atimmoo assiyamaila allayli wala tubashiroohunna waantum AAakifoonafee almasajidi tilka hudoodu Allahi falataqrabooha kathalika yubayyinu Allahu ayatihilinnasi laAAallahum yattaqoon

It is made lawful for you on the night of the fast to go in unto your women. They are a covering for you, and you are a covering for them. God knows that you deceived yourselves, so He turned towards you and pardoned you; so now lie with them and seek what God has prescribed for you. And eat and drink until clear to you be the white thread from the black thread of the dawn. Then complete the fast until night. And lie with them not when you remain in the places of worship. Those are the limits of God, so approach them not. Thus does God make plain His proofs to men, that they might be in prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-187.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 219

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗ — l-ʿafwa · "The surplus"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِۜ قُلْ ف۪يهِمَٓا اِثْمٌ  كَب۪يرٌ وَمَنَافِـعُ لِلنَّاسِۘ وَاِثْمُهُمَٓا اَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِمَاۜ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَۜ قُلِ الْعَفْوَۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَۙ

Yas-aloonaka AAani alkhamri walmaysiriqul feehima ithmun kabeerun wamanafiAAu linnasiwa-ithmuhuma akbaru min nafAAihima wayas-aloonaka mathayunfiqoona quli alAAafwa kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakumu al-ayati laAAallakum tatafakkaroon

They ask thee about wine and games of chance. Say thou: “In both is great sin, and benefits for men; but their sin is greater than their benefit.” And they ask thee what they should spend. Say thou: “The surplus.” Thus does God make plain to you the proofs, that you might reflect

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-219.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 237

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْفُونَ — yaʿfūna · "they (women) forgo (it)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَر۪يضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَعْفُونَ اَوْ يَعْفُوَا الَّذ۪ي بِيَدِه۪ عُقْدَةُ النِّكَاحِۜ وَاَنْ تَعْفُٓوا اَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوٰىۜ وَلَا تَنْسَوُا الْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Wa-in tallaqtumoohunna min qabli antamassoohunna waqad faradtum lahunna fareedatanfanisfu ma faradtum illa an yaAAfoonaaw yaAAfuwa allathee biyadihi AAuqdatu annikahiwaan taAAfoo aqrabu littaqwa wala tansawooalfadla baynakum inna Allaha bimataAAmaloona baseer

And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already appointed for them an obligation, then half of what you appointed unless they forgo it, or he in whose hand is the knot of marriage forgoes it; and that you forgo is nearer to prudent fear. And forget not bounty between you, God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-237.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 237

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْفُوَا۟ — yaʿfuwā · "forgoes"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَر۪يضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَعْفُونَ اَوْ يَعْفُوَا الَّذ۪ي بِيَدِه۪ عُقْدَةُ النِّكَاحِۜ وَاَنْ تَعْفُٓوا اَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوٰىۜ وَلَا تَنْسَوُا الْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Wa-in tallaqtumoohunna min qabli antamassoohunna waqad faradtum lahunna fareedatanfanisfu ma faradtum illa an yaAAfoonaaw yaAAfuwa allathee biyadihi AAuqdatu annikahiwaan taAAfoo aqrabu littaqwa wala tansawooalfadla baynakum inna Allaha bimataAAmaloona baseer

And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already appointed for them an obligation, then half of what you appointed unless they forgo it, or he in whose hand is the knot of marriage forgoes it; and that you forgo is nearer to prudent fear. And forget not bounty between you, God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-237.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 237

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْفُوٓا۟ — taʿfū · "you forgo"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِنْ طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَر۪يضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَعْفُونَ اَوْ يَعْفُوَا الَّذ۪ي بِيَدِه۪ عُقْدَةُ النِّكَاحِۜ وَاَنْ تَعْفُٓوا اَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوٰىۜ وَلَا تَنْسَوُا الْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Wa-in tallaqtumoohunna min qabli antamassoohunna waqad faradtum lahunna fareedatanfanisfu ma faradtum illa an yaAAfoonaaw yaAAfuwa allathee biyadihi AAuqdatu annikahiwaan taAAfoo aqrabu littaqwa wala tansawooalfadla baynakum inna Allaha bimataAAmaloona baseer

And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already appointed for them an obligation, then half of what you appointed unless they forgo it, or he in whose hand is the knot of marriage forgoes it; and that you forgo is nearer to prudent fear. And forget not bounty between you, God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-237.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 286

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱعْفُ — wa-uʿ'fu · "And pardon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللّٰهُ نَفْساً اِلَّا وُسْعَهَاۜ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْۜ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَٓا اِنْ نَس۪ينَٓا اَوْ اَخْطَأْنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَٓا اِصْراً كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَاۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِه۪ۚ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا۠ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا۠ وَارْحَمْنَا۠ اَنْتَ مَوْلٰينَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

La yukallifu Allahu nafsanilla wusAAaha laha ma kasabatwaAAalayha ma iktasabat rabbana latu-akhithna in naseena aw akhta/narabbana wala tahmil AAalayna isrankama hamaltahu AAala allatheena minqablina rabbana wala tuhammilnama la taqata lana bihi waAAfuAAanna waghfir lana warhamnaanta mawlana fansurna AAalaalqawmi alkafireen

God burdens not a soul save to its capacity; it has what it earned, and it answers for what it acquired. “Our Lord: take Thou us not to task if we forget or commit offence. Our Lord: lay Thou not upon us a burden as Thou didst lay upon those before us. Our Lord: give Thou us not to bear what we have not strength for. And excuse Thou us, and forgive Thou us, and have Thou mercy upon us; Thou art our protector. And help Thou us against the people of the false claimers of guidance.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-286.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 134

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْعَافِينَ — wal-ʿāfīna · "and those who pardon"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَالْكَاظِم۪ينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَاف۪ينَ عَنِ النَّاسِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۚ

Allatheena yunfiqoona fee assarra-iwaddarra-i walkathimeenaalghaytha walAAafeena AAani annasiwallahu yuhibbu almuhsineen

Those who spend in prosperity and in adversity, and who control their wrath, and forgive men; and God loves the doers of good;

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-134.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 152

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَا — ʿafā · "He forgave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ وَعْدَهُٓ اِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُمْ بِاِذْنِه۪ۚ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَٓا اَرٰيكُمْ مَا تُحِبُّونَۜ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُر۪يدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُر۪يدُ الْاٰخِرَةَۚ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْۚ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنْكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوفَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaqad sadaqakumu AllahuwaAAdahu ith tahussoonahum bi-ithnihi hattaitha fashiltum watanazaAAtum fee al-amri waAAasaytummin baAAdi ma arakum ma tuhibboonaminkum man yureedu addunya waminkum man yureedual-akhirata thumma sarafakum AAanhum liyabtaliyakumwalaqad AAafa AAankum wallahu thoofadlin AAala almu/mineen

And God was indeed true in His promise to you. When you were aware of them by His leave, when you had lost heart and disputed concerning the affair, and rebelled after He had shown you what you love[...]. Among you is he who desires the World; and among you is he who desires the Hereafter. Then He turned you away from them that He might try you; and He has pardoned you; and God is bountiful to the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-152.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 155

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَا — ʿafā · "forgave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِۙ اِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُواۚ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Inna allatheena tawallaw minkumyawma iltaqa aljamAAani innama istazallahumuashshaytanu bibaAAdi ma kasaboowalaqad AAafa Allahu AAanhum inna Allahaghafoorun haleem

Those who turned back among you the day the two hosts met: the satan caused them to slip only for some of what they earned. But God has pardoned them; God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-155.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 159

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱعْفُ — fa-uʿ'fu · "Then pardon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْۚ وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَل۪يظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَۖ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِۚ فَاِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّل۪ينَ

Fabima rahmatin mina Allahilinta lahum walaw kunta faththan ghaleethaalqalbi lanfaddoo min hawlika faAAfuAAanhum wastaghfir lahum washawirhum fee al-amrifa-itha AAazamta fatawakkal AAala Allahiinna Allaha yuhibbu almutawakkileen

And because of the mercy of God, thou wast lenient with them; and hadst thou been coarse and stern, they would have disbanded from about thee. So pardon thou them, and ask thou forgiveness for them, and take thou counsel with them in the affair. And when thou hast made a decision, place thou thy trust in God; God loves those who would place their trust aright.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-159.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** عَفُوًّا — ʿafuwwan · "Oft-Pardoning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْتُمْ سُكَارٰى حَتّٰى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُباً اِلَّا عَابِر۪ي سَب۪يلٍ حَتّٰى تَغْتَسِلُواۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَٓائِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَٓاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُواًّ غَفُوراً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqraboo assalata waantum sukarahatta taAAlamoo ma taqooloona walajunuban illa AAabiree sabeelin hattataghtasiloo wa-in kuntum marda aw AAala safarin awjaa ahadun minkum mina algha-iti aw lamastumuannisaa falam tajidoo maan fatayammamoo saAAeedantayyiban famsahoo biwujoohikum waaydeekuminna Allaha kana AAafuwwan ghafoora

O you who heed warning: approach not the duty when you are intoxicated until you understand what you say; nor when you are unclean (save passing by upon the path), until you wash. And if you were ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes from the privy, or you have lain with women, then find not water: resort to clean soil, and wipe your faces and your hands; God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-43.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْفُوَ — yaʿfuwa · "pardon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَفُواًّ غَفُوراً

Faola-ika AAasa Allahuan yaAAfuwa AAanhum wakana Allahu AAafuwwan ghafoora

Those: it may be that God will pardon them; and God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-99.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** عَفُوًّا — ʿafuwwan · "Oft-Pardoning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ عَسَى اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَفُواًّ غَفُوراً

Faola-ika AAasa Allahuan yaAAfuwa AAanhum wakana Allahu AAafuwwan ghafoora

Those: it may be that God will pardon them; and God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-99.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 149

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْفُوا۟ — taʿfū · "pardon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنْ تُبْدُوا خَيْراً اَوْ تُخْفُوهُ اَوْ تَعْفُوا عَنْ سُٓوءٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُواًّ قَد۪يراً

In tubdoo khayran aw tukhfoohu aw taAAfooAAan soo-in fa-inna Allaha kana AAafuwwan qadeera

If you reveal good, or keep it secret, or forgive evil — God is pardoning and powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-149.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 149

- **Form in this verse:** عَفُوًّۭا — ʿafuwwan · "Oft-Pardoning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِنْ تُبْدُوا خَيْراً اَوْ تُخْفُوهُ اَوْ تَعْفُوا عَنْ سُٓوءٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُواًّ قَد۪يراً

In tubdoo khayran aw tukhfoohu aw taAAfooAAan soo-in fa-inna Allaha kana AAafuwwan qadeera

If you reveal good, or keep it secret, or forgive evil — God is pardoning and powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-149.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 153

- **Form in this verse:** فَعَفَوْنَا — faʿafawnā · "then We forgave them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

يَسْـَٔلُكَ اَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ اَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَاباً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَقَدْ سَاَلُوا مُوسٰٓى اَكْبَرَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ فَقَالُٓوا اَرِنَا اللّٰهَ جَهْرَةً فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْۚ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَنْ ذٰلِكَۚ وَاٰتَيْنَا مُوسٰى سُلْطَاناً مُب۪يناً

Yas-aluka ahlu alkitabi an tunazzilaAAalayhim kitaban mina assama-i faqadsaaloo moosa akbara min thalika faqaloo arinaAllaha jahratan faakhathat-humu assaAAiqatubithulmihim thumma ittakhathoo alAAijla minbaAAdi ma jaat-humu albayyinatu faAAafawnaAAan thalika waatayna moosa sultananmubeena

The doctors of the Law ask thee to bring down upon them a Writ from the sky; and they asked of Moses greater than that; they said: “Show thou us God openly”; so the thunderbolt seized them for their injustice. Then took they up the calf after clear signs had come to them, and We pardoned that; and We gave Moses a clear authority.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-153.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱعْفُ — fa-uʿ'fu · "But forgive"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ م۪يثَاقَهُمْ لَعَنَّاهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَاسِيَةًۚ يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِه۪ۙ وَنَسُوا حَظاًّ مِمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِه۪ۚ وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلٰى خَٓائِنَةٍ مِنْهُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْهُمْ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاصْفَحْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Fabima naqdihim meethaqahumlaAAannahum wajaAAalna quloobahum qasiyatanyuharrifoona alkalima AAan mawadiAAihi wanasoo haththanmimma thukkiroo bihi wala tazalu tattaliAAuAAala kha-inatin minhum illa qaleelan minhumfaAAfu AAanhum wasfah inna Allahayuhibbu almuhsineen

So for their violation of their agreement We cursed them and made their hearts hard. They twist words from their places, and have forgotten a portion of that they were reminded of. And thou wilt not cease to find treachery among them save a few among them; but pardon thou them, and forbear thou; God loves the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-13.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَعْفُوا۟ — wayaʿfū · "and overlooking"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَث۪يراً مِمَّا كُنْتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَعْفُوا عَنْ كَث۪يرٍۜ قَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَابٌ مُب۪ينٌۙ

Ya ahla alkitabi qad jaakumrasooluna yubayyinu lakum katheeran mimma kuntumtukhfoona mina alkitabi wayaAAfoo AAan katheerin qad jaakummina Allahi noorun wakitabun mubeen

O doctors of the Law: Our messenger has come to you, making clear to you much of what you hid of the Writ, and pardoning much. There has come to you light from God, and a clear Writ

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-15.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَا — ʿafā · "Pardoned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَاَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌۜ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّداً فَجَزَٓاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِه۪ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ هَدْياً بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ اَوْ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَاك۪ينَ اَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَاماً لِيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ اَمْرِه۪ۜ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَۜ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqtuloo assayda waantum hurumunwaman qatalahu minkum mutaAAammidan fajazaon mithlu maqatala mina annaAAami yahkumu bihi thawaAAadlin minkum hadyan baligha alkaAAbati aw kaffaratuntaAAamu masakeena aw AAadlu thalika siyamanliyathooqa wabala amrihi AAafa AllahuAAamma salafa waman AAada fayantaqimu Allahuminhu wallahu AAazeezun thoo intiqam

O you who heed warning: kill no game when you are forbidden; and whoso of you kills it intentionally: the payment is the like of what he killed from grazing livestock. Let judge it two just men from among you by an offering reaching the kaʿba, or expiation: feeding needy persons or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he might taste the evil consequence of his deed. God has pardoned what is past; but whoso returns, God will take vengeance on him; and God is exalted in might and vengeful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-95.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَا — ʿafā · "has (been) pardoned"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَسْـَٔلُوا عَنْ اَشْيَٓاءَ اِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْۚ وَاِنْ تَسْـَٔلُوا عَنْهَا ح۪ينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْاٰنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْۜ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْهَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tas-aloo AAan ashyaa in tubda lakum tasu/kumwa-in tas-aloo AAanha heena yunazzalu alqur-anutubda lakum AAafa Allahu AAanha wallahughafoorun haleem

O you who heed warning: ask not about things which, if made clear to you, would distress you; but if you ask about them while the Qur’an is being sent down, they will be made clear to you. God has pardoned that; and God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-101.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَوا۟ — ʿafaw · "they increased"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتّٰى عَفَوْا وَقَالُوا قَدْ مَسَّ اٰبَٓاءَنَا الضَّرَّٓاءُ وَالسَّرَّٓاءُ فَاَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Thumma baddalna makana assayyi-atialhasanata hatta AAafaw waqaloo qadmassa abaana addarraowassarrao faakhathnahum baghtatanwahum la yashAAuroon

Then We changed the place of evil for good until they increased in number and said: “Adversity and prosperity did touch our fathers,” — then We took them unawares, when they perceived not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-95.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 199

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعَفْوَ — l-ʿafwa · "(to) forgiveness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَاَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Khuthi alAAafwa wa/mur bilAAurfiwaaAArid AAani aljahileen

Take thou the surplus; and enjoin thou what is customary; and turn thou away from the ignorant.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-199.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَا — ʿafā · "(May) Allah forgive"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْكَۚ لِمَ اَذِنْتَ لَهُمْ حَتّٰى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ الَّذ۪ينَ صَدَقُوا وَتَعْلَمَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

AAafa Allahu AAanka lima athintalahum hatta yatabayyana laka allatheena sadaqoowataAAlama alkathibeen

God pardon thee! Why grantedst thou them leave until it was clear to thee who spoke the truth, and thou knewest the liars?

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-43.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** نَّعْفُ — naʿfu · "We pardon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ ا۪يمَانِكُمْۜ اِنْ نَعْفُ عَنْ طَٓائِفَةٍ مِنْكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَٓائِفَةً بِاَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِم۪ينَ۟

La taAAtathiroo qad kafartumbaAAda eemanikum in naAAfu AAan ta-ifatin minkumnuAAaththib ta-ifatan bi-annahum kanoomujrimeen

Make no excuses; you have denied after your faith; if We pardon a number of you, a number of you will We punish because they were lawbreakers.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-66.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** لَعَفُوٌّ — laʿafuwwun · "(is) surely Oft-Pardoning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

ذٰلِكَۚ وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِه۪ ثُمَّ بُغِيَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنْصُرَنَّهُ اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ

Thalika waman AAaqaba bimithlima AAooqiba bihi thumma bughiya AAalayhi layansurannahuAllahu inna Allaha laAAafuwwun ghafoor

That[...]. And whoso retaliates with the like whereof he was harmed, then is oppressed: God will help him; God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-60.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَلْيَعْفُوا۟ — walyaʿfū · "And let them pardon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا يَأْتَلِ اُو۬لُوا الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ اَنْ يُؤْتُٓوا اُو۬لِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينَ وَالْمُهَاجِر۪ينَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُواۜ اَلَا تُحِبُّونَ اَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wala ya/tali oloo alfadliminkum wassaAAati an yu/too olee alqurba walmasakeenawalmuhajireena fee sabeeli AllahiwalyaAAfoo walyasfahoo ala tuhibboonaan yaghfira Allahu lakum wallahu ghafoorunraheem

And let not swear those of bounty and abundance among you against giving to relatives, and the poor, and the émigrés in the cause of God; and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not love that God should forgive you? And God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-22.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَعْفُوا۟ — wayaʿfū · "and pardons"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِه۪ وَيَعْفُوا عَنِ السَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَۙ

Wahuwa allathee yaqbalu attawbataAAan AAibadihi wayaAAfoo AAani assayyi-atiwayaAAlamu ma tafAAaloon

And He it is that accepts repentance from His servants and pardons evil deeds; and He knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-25.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَعْفُوا۟ — wayaʿfū · "But He pardons"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَٓا اَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُص۪يبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ اَيْد۪يكُمْ وَيَعْفُوا عَنْ كَث۪يرٍۜ

Wama asabakum min museebatinfabima kasabat aydeekum wayaAAfoo AAan katheer

And what befalls you of calamity: it is for what your hands have earned — but He pardons much —

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-30.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَعْفُ — wayaʿfu · "but He pardons"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا وَيَعْفُ عَنْ كَث۪يرٍۘ

Aw yoobiqhunna bima kasaboo wayaAAfuAAan katheer

Or He wrecks them for what they have earned — but He pardons much —

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-34.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** عَفَا — ʿafā · "pardons"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَجَزٰٓؤُ۬ا سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِثْلُهَاۚ فَمَنْ عَفَا وَاَصْلَحَ فَاَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Wajazao sayyi-atin sayyi-atun mithluhafaman AAafa waaslaha faajruhu AAalaAllahi innahu la yuhibbu aththalimeen

(And the reward of evil is evil the like thereof; but whoso pardons and makes right, his reward is upon God; He loves not the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-40.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** لَعَفُوٌّ — laʿafuwwun · "(is) surely, Oft-Pardoning"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نِسَٓائِهِمْ مَا هُنَّ اُمَّهَاتِهِمْۜ اِنْ اُمَّهَاتُهُمْ اِلَّا الّٰٓئ۪ وَلَدْنَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنْكَراً مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُوراًۜ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ

Allatheena yuthahiroonaminkum min nisa-ihim ma hunna ommahatihim inommahatuhum illa alla-ee waladnahumwa-innahum layaqooloona munkaran mina alqawli wazooran wa-innaAllaha laAAafuwwun ghafoor

Those among you who assist among their wives: — they are not their mothers; their mothers are only those who gave them birth. And they say what is perverse of speech, and a falsehood; but God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-2.md_

### 64. Surah At-Taghabun, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْفُوا۟ — taʿfū · "you pardon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنَّ مِنْ اَزْوَاجِكُمْ وَاَوْلَادِكُمْ عَدُواًّ لَكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْۚ وَاِنْ تَعْفُوا وَتَصْفَحُوا وَتَغْفِرُوا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooinna min azwajikum waawladikum AAaduwwan lakum fahtharoohumwa-in taAAfoo watasfahoo wataghfiroo fa-inna Allahaghafoorun raheem

O you who heed warning: among your wives and your children is an enemy to you, so beware of them. But if you pardon, and overlook, and forgive, then is God forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-taghabun/verse-14.md_

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