The Holy Quran 33:73 — Surah Al-Ahzab

Arabic text

لِّيُعَذِّبَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتِ وَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَٱلْمُشْرِكَـٰتِ وَيَتُوبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًۢا

Translation

(The result of all of this is) That Allaah may punish the Munaafiqeen men, Munaafiqeen women, Mushrikeen men and Mushrikeen women (all of whom do not fulfil this trust at all) and forgive the Mu'mineen men and Mu'mineen women (for their shortcoming when making an effort to fulfil the trust). Allaah if Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

In my view, it is better here to take وَيَتُوْبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ etc. not in the sense of forgiving but in the sense of [Allah] turning to their state and showing them kindness, as it is taken in لَقَدْ تَابَ اللّٰهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهٰجِرِيْنَ (“Allah has certainly turned in mercy towards the Prophet ﷺ and the Muhajirun (Emigrants)”).

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.