# 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 27 - **Surah:** 4. Surah An-Nisa (The Women) — سورة النساء - **Verse:** 27 / 176 · **Juz:** 5 · **Mushaf page:** 82 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-27 ## Arabic وَاللّٰهُ يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُر۪يدُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ اَنْ تَم۪يلُوا مَيْلاً عَظ۪يماً ## Transcription Wallahu yureedu an yatoobaAAalaykum wayureedu allatheena yattabiAAoona ashshahawatian tameeloo maylan AAatheem ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Allah desires to turn towards you, but those who pursue their lower appetites desire to make you deviate completely. ### Progressive Muslims And God wants to pardon you, but those who follow their lusts want that you would be diverted into a great diversion. ### Shabbir Ahmed Allah turns to you in kindness, while those who follow their desires want that you drift far away from the right path. (They would rather have no laws to constrain their desires). ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And God desires to turn towards you; but those who follow vain lusts desire that you should deviate with great deviation. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And God wants to pardon you, but those who follow desires want that you would be diverted into a great diversion. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament GOD wishes to redeem you, while those who pursue their lusts wish that you deviate a great deviation. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira God likes to turn to you, but those who are lost in the pleasures of the flesh wish to turn you astray, far away. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation. ### Muhammad Asad And God wants to turn unto you in His mercy, whereas those who follow [only] their own lusts want you to drift far away from the right path. ### Marmaduke Pickthall And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary And Allah indeed wants to turn graciously towards you; but those who follow their lusts would want you to drift far away from the right way.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] This refers to the hypocrites, the ultra-conservatives and the Jews who lived on the outskirts of Madina. Both the hypocrites and the conservatives were incensed at the reforms introduced by Islam, as these were diametrically opposed to the age-old customs and traditions of their society and culture. The reforms were numerous: a share of the inheritance was assigned to daughters; widows were liberated from bondage to the will of their husbands' families and were granted the freedom to marry whomever they wished after the expiry of the waiting-period ('iddah); marriage with one's step-mother and with two sisters together was prohibited; adopted sons were disinherited; and a foster-father's marriage with either the divorced or widowed wife of his adopted son was declared lawful. These and other such reforms were so totally opposed to the customary laws of the Arabs that it was impossible for the elders and the blind devotees of the ways of their forefathers not to protest against them vehemently. They long continued to grumble against these injunctions. Mischievous people pointed to these innovations and exploited them by provoking people against the Prophet's movement of reform. For instance, they would meet those born as a result of the marriage which had been prohibited by Islam and try to infuriate them by saying that according to the new-fangled teachings of Muhammad (peace be on him) the relationship between their parents was unlawful.The Jews, on the other hand, had woven a complex network of laws and regulations for themselves. The result was that they had forbidden a great number of things which were, in fact, lawful. Additionally, they had introduced a number of superstitions into God's Law. It was argued that the simple and straightforward law of the Qur'an was out of tune with the tastes and temperaments of both the religious leaders and the ordinary people. The Qur'anic injunctions simply infuriated them and as soon as they came to know of any Qur'anic law, they vehemently denounced it. They expected the Qur'an to endorse and validate all the legal deductions and all the superstitions and myths of their forefathers, and to treat them as an integral part of the law of God. If the Qur'an would not do so then they would refrain from recognizing it as the Book of God. Let us take the following as an example. According to Jewish usage, a woman was considered completely unclean during her menstrual period. Hence, they neither ate the food she cooked, drank from the cup of water she offered nor even sat with her. It was even considered unwholesome to be touched by her. Thus for a few days every month a woman virtually became an untouchable in her own house. Owing to the influence of the Jews the same custom had found its way into the Arab families of Madina. When the Prophet (peace be on him) arrived in Madina, he was asked about this matter. In response to this query(verse 222 of Surah al-Baqarah) was revealed. In the light of the principle embodied in the verse the Prophet (peace be on him) made it clear that it was unlawful to have sexual intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period; but it was only that relationship, and no other, that was unlawful. (See Bukhari, 'Hayd', 2, 3; Nasa'i, 'Hayd', 9, 13, 16, 19, and 'Ahkam', 13 - Ed.) This caused uproar among the Jews. They claimed that Muhammad (peace be on him) was bent upon reversing all their legal injunctions to the extent that he wanted to legalize whatever they held as prohibited and prohibit whatever they held as lawful. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab But whereas Allah takes upon Himself to extend His mercy to you and give up resentment against you and pardon your offence, the wicked bred to the taste of lust appetent wish to see you alienate Allah's purpose and depart far distant from the path of righteousness. ### Bijan Moeinian God’s wishes to free you from the consequences of your ignorance. Those who follow their lust and vain desires, on the contrary, wish to turn you far away from God; far away. ### Al-Hilali & Khan Allâh wishes to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away (from the Right Path). ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Allah doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow their lusts is that ye should turn away (from Him),- far, far away. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran And it is Allah’s Will to turn to you in grace, but those who follow their desires wish to see you deviate entirely ˹from Allah’s Way˺. ### Taqi Usmani Allah intends to turn graciously towards you, while those who follow desires want you to deviate (from the right path), a huge deviation. ### Abdul Haleem He wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts want you to go far astray. ### Arthur John Arberry and God desires to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts desire you to swerve away mightily. ### E. Henry Palmer God wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts wish that ye should swerve with a mighty swerving! ### Hamid S. Aziz Allah wishes to turn towards you in mercy, but those who follow their own lusts (desires, prejudices, addictions, superstitions) wish that you should go far astray! ### Mahmoud Ghali And Allah wills to relent towards you, and (the ones) who closely follow (their) lusts would have you incline (Literally: tilt away a tremendous tilting) away a tremendous inclining. ### George Sale God desireth to be gracious unto you; but they who follow their lusts, desire that ye should turn aside from the truth with great deviation. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed Allah does wish to turn to you but the wish of those who follow their lusts is that you should turn away (from Him)— Far, far away. ### Amatul Rahman Omar Whereas Allâh desires to turn to you with mercy, those who follow (the dictates of their) lusts want you to drift far away (from the right path). ### Ali Quli Qarai Allah desires to turn toward you clemently, but those who pursue their [base] appetites desire that you fall into gross waywardness. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Allah, (yanlışlarınıza olan) tövbelerinizi kabul etmek ister. Şehvaniyete (bedensel dürtülere) tabi olanlar ise, sizin büyük bir sapma ile (hakikatten) uzaklaşmanızı isterler. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Allah, tevbelerinizi kabul etmek ister; şehvetleri ardınca gidenler ise, sizin büyük bir sapma ile sapmanızı isterler. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Allah sizin tövbenizi kabul etmek ister, iğreti arzularına uyanlar ise büsbütün yoldan çıkmanızı isterler. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Allah, sizin tövbenizi kabul etmek istiyor. Şehvetlerine uyanlar ise sizin büyük bir sapıklığa düşmenizi istiyorlar. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Allah tevbekar olduğunuzu görerek size nazar buyurmak istiyorken o şehvetleri ardında koşanlar sizin büyük bir yamıklıkla yamılmanızı istiyorlar ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Allah tevbekar olduğunuzu görerek size nazar buyurmak isterken, o şehvetleri peşinde koşanlar sizin büyük bir yamuklukla yamulmanızı, yoldan sapmanızı istiyorlar. ### Gültekin Onan Tanrı, tevbelerinizi kabul etmek ister; şehvetleri ardınca gidenler ise, sizin büyük bir sapma ile sapmanızı isterler. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim (Evet) Allah sizin tevbelerinizi kabul etmek ister. Şehvetlerine uyanlar ise sizin büyük bir meyi ile (yoldan) sapmanızı dilerler. ### İbni Kesir Allah; sizin tövbelerinizi kabul etmek ister. Şehvetlerine uyanlarda sizin büyük bir sapıklığa düşmenizi isterler. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Allah size bağışlayacağı ile yaklaşırken (yalnızca) kendi ihtiraslarının ardından gidenler ise doğru yoldan sapmanızı isterler. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Allah, tevbe etmenizi ister; şehvetlerine tabi olanlar ise büyük bir sapıklığa meyletmenizi isterler. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Allah, sizin tevbenizi kabul etmek istiyor; şehvetlerine uyanlar ise sizin büyük bir sapıklığa düşmenizi istiyorlar. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Allah sizin tövbenizi kabul etmek istiyor. Şehvetlerine uyanlarsa sizin büyük bir sapışla sapmanızı isterler. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Allah size olanca bağışlayıcılığıyla yönelmek isterken, ayartıcı içgüdülerine esir olanlar sizi yoldan tamamen çıkarmak isterler. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Allah, tövbelerinizi kabul etmek ister. Şehvetlerine tabi olanlar ise, sizin derin bir sapkınlığa düşmenizi isterler. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Allah, pişmanlığınızı kabul etmek istiyor. Aşırı isteklerine tutsak olanlar ise büyük bir sapmayla sapkınlığa düşmenizi istiyorlar. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Allah, sizin dönüşünüzü (tevbenizi) kabul etmek ister ama arzularının peşine takılanlar, sizin büyük bir sapıklığa düşmenizi isterler. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Allah sizin tevbenizi kabul etmek istiyor; şehvetlerine uyanlar ise büyük bir sapkınlığa sapmanızı (tamamen yoldan çıkmanızı) istiyorlar. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Allah, tevbelerinizi kabul etmek ister. Şehvetlerine tabi olanlar ise, sizin derin bir sapkınlığa düşmenizi isterler. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Allah, tevbelerinizi kabul etmek ister. Şehvetlerine tabi olanlar ise, sizin derin bir sapkınlığa düşmenizi isterler. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Allah, tövbenizi /dönüşünüzü kabul etmek ister.[1] (Dünyadaki) çekici şeylerin peşine takılanlar ise sizin de büyük bir ilgiyle (çekici şeylere) meyletmenizi isterler. Büyük bir sapma ile sapmanızı isterler.[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] İrade, istemek ve dilemektir. Allah'ın iradesinin ezeli olduğuna ve irade ettiği şeyin mutlaka gerçekleşeceğine inanılır. Ayetler, bu inancın yanlış olduğunu açıkça göstermektedir. Çünkü bu iddia doğru olsaydı, Allah'ın, bütün insanların doğru yolda olması ile ilgili iradesi gerçekleşir ve kimse yanlış yolda olmazdı. Bir şey Allah'ın sadece iradesi ile değil, iradesinin ardından vereceği "ol" emri ile gerçekleşir ([Yasin 36/82](https://quran.so/36/82)). Allah, "ol" emrini verince iradesi meşiete dönüşür ve o şey mutlaka olur ([En'am 6/149,](https://quran.so/6/149) [Nahl 16/9](https://quran.so/16/9)). O, imtihan ile ilgili konularda sadece gereğini yapanlar için "ol" emrini verir ([Ra'd 13/27,](https://quran.so/13/27) [Taha 20/82](https://quran.so/20/82)). - [2] [Al-i İmran 3/14,](https://quran.so/3/14) [Nisa 4/44,](https://quran.so/4/44) [89;](https://quran.so/4/89) [İsra 17/74;](https://quran.so/17/74) [Kalem 68/9.](https://quran.so/68/9) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَٱللَّهُ — wal-lahu | And Allah | — | | 2 | يُرِيدُ — yurīdu | wishes | رود — Ra-Vav-Dal | | 3 | أَن — an | to | — | | 4 | يَتُوبَ — yatūba | accept repentance | توب — Te-Vav-Be | | 5 | عَلَيْكُمْ — ʿalaykum | from you | — | | 6 | وَيُرِيدُ — wayurīdu | but wish | رود — Ra-Vav-Dal | | 7 | ٱلَّذِينَ — alladhīna | those who | — | | 8 | يَتَّبِعُونَ — yattabiʿūna | follow | تبع — Te-Be-Ayn | | 9 | ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ — l-shahawāti | the passions | شهو — Şin-he-Vav | | 10 | أَن — an | that | — | | 11 | تَمِيلُوا۟ — tamīlū | you deviate | ميل — Mim-Ye-Lam | | 12 | مَيْلًا — maylan | (into) a deviation | ميل — Mim-Ye-Lam | | 13 | عَظِيمًۭا — ʿaẓīman | great | عظم — Ayn-Zay-Mim | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-26.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-28.md Retrieved: 2026-08-05 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.