Al-Isra Verse 25 | 17:25

رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِيْ نُفُوْسِكُمْ ۗاِنْ تَكُوْنُوْا صٰلِحِيْنَ فَاِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِلْاَوَّابِيْنَ غَفُوْرًا ( الإسراء: ٢٥ )

rabbukum

رَّبُّكُمْ

Your Lord

aʿlamu

أَعْلَمُ

(is) most knowing

bimā

بِمَا

of what

fī

فِى

(is) in

nufūsikum

نُفُوسِكُمْۚ

yourselves

إِن

takūnū

تَكُونُوا۟

you are

ṣāliḥīna

صَٰلِحِينَ

righteous

fa-innahu

فَإِنَّهُۥ

then indeed He

kāna

كَانَ

lil'awwābīna

لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ

to those who often turn (to Him)

ghafūran

غَفُورًا

Most Forgiving

Rabbukum a'lamu bimaa fee nufoosikum; in takoonoo saaliheena fa innahoo kaana lil awwaabeena Ghafoooraa (al-ʾIsrāʾ 17:25)

Sahih International:

Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] – then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving. (Al-Isra [17] : 25)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Your Lord knows best what is in your hearts. If you are righteous, then He is Most-Forgiving for those who turn to Him in repentance.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

Your Lord knows best what is in your hearts, [in the way] of what may be concealed of dutifulness or disobedience [to parents]. If you are righteous, obedient to God, then truly, to those who are penitent, those who return to obedience of Him, He is Forgiving, of any slip that might have issued on their part regarding their duty to the parents, so long as they do not conceal [within themselves] any disrespect [towards them].

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Omissions committed against Parents are pardoned with Good Relations and Repentance

Sa`id bin Jubayr said;

"This refers to a man who said something that he did not think would be offensive to his parents."

According to another report;

"He did not mean anything bad by that."

So Allah said;

رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ إِن تَكُونُواْ صَالِحِينَ

Your Lord knows best what is in your souls. If you are righteous,

فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلَوَّابِينَ غَفُورًا

He is Ever Most Forgiving to those who turn to Him in repentance.

Qatadah said;

"To the obedient who pray."

Shu`bah narrated from Yahya bin Sa`id from Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib;

"This refers to those who commit sin then repent, and commit sin then repent."

Ata' bin Yasar, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Mujahid said;

"They are the ones who return to goodness."

Mujahid narrated from Ubayd bin Umayr, concerning this Ayah;

"This is the one who, when he remembers his sin when he is alone, he seeks the forgiveness of Allah."

Mujahid agreed with him on that.

Ibn Jarir said;

"The best view on this matter is of those who said that it refers to the one who repents after committing sin, who comes back from disobedience to obedience and who leaves that which Allah hates for that which He loves and is pleased with."

What he said is correct, for Allah says,

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَأ إِيَابَهُمْ

Verily, to Us will be their return. (88;25)

And according to a Sahih Hadith, the Messenger of Allah would say when he returned from a journey,

ايِبُونَ تَايِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُون

We have returned repenting, worshipping and praising our Lord.