Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 119·Makkī

119

ثُمَّ إِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ثُمَّ مِنۢ ذَٰلِكَ إِنَّ مِنۢ ﴿١١٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

شرایط قبولی توبه

این آیه توبه را به توب قلبی و پشیمانی درونی محدود نمی‌کند؛ بلکه روی اثر عملی آن تأکید کرده» اصلاح و جبران را مکمل توبه می‌شمارد تا این فکر غلط از مغز انسان‌ها بیرون رود که هزاران گناه را با یک جملةٌ «استغفرالّه» می‌توان جبران کرد؛ بلکه باید خطاها در عمل جبران گردد و قسمت‌هایی از روح انسان یا جامعه که بر اثر گناه آسیب یافته» اصلاح و ترمیم شود. آّیه به قدری بر این نکته اصرار دارد که دوباره با جملة «پروردگارت بعد از آن آمرزنده و مهربان است» تأکید می‌کند که مشمول آمرزش و رحمت الهی شدن» تنها بعد از توبه و اصلاح امکان‌پذیر است.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 9 roots in 11 of 19 words

Recitation · 24 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah4
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ4

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

19 words · 70 letters · āyah 119 of 128

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا وَءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    But those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed - indeed your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

  • وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ أَنَّهُۥ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنكُمْ سُوٓءًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَنَّهُۥ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And when those come to you who believe in Our verses, say, "Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy: that any of you who does wrong out of ignorance and then…

  • وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّى رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ

    And ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is Merciful and Affectionate."

  • ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ

    Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the…

  • وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِمُ ٱلْمَثُلَٰتُ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ لِّلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ ظُلْمِهِمْ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَشَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

    They impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good, while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is full of…

  • رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًا

    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.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-An'aam 6:545 shared roots

    وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ أَنَّهُۥ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنكُمْ سُوٓءًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَنَّهُۥ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ج-ه-لت-و-بس-و-أص-ل-حغ-ف-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1535 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا وَءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ت-و-بس-و-أغ-ف-رب-ع-دع-م-ل

  • An-Noor 24:55 shared roots

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ت-و-بص-ل-حغ-ف-رب-ع-در-ح-م

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:895 shared roots

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ت-و-بص-ل-حغ-ف-رب-ع-در-ح-م

  • Al-Maaida 5:395 shared roots

    فَمَن تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ظُلْمِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ت-و-بص-ل-حغ-ف-رب-ع-در-ح-م

  • An-Nisaa 4:174 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا ٱلتَّوْبَةُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

    ج-ه-لت-و-بس-و-أع-م-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:119?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:119 include Quran 7:153 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 6:54 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 11:90 (Surah Hud), and Quran 53:32 (Surah An-Najm). For example, 7:153 reads: “But those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed - indeed your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 16:119 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:119 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.”

Which surah is verse 16:119 in?

Quran 16:119 is āyah 119 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 16:119?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 16:119 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:119?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:119 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.