The Holy Quran 53:32 — Surah An-Najm

Arabic text

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

Translation

(Those who do good are) Those who stay away from (avoid) major sins and indecent behaviour except for minor sins (which they sometimes get involved in because no human is free from fault). (However, they are quick to seek Allaah's forgiveness for these sins and Allaah is ready to forgive them because) Indeed your Rabb is One of extensive mercy. He was best Aware of you when He created you from the earth and when you were foetuses in the wombs of your mothers. (He knows everything about you and knows you even better than you know yourselves.) So do not ascribe purity (piety) to yourselves. He knows best who is the most pious (whose level of Taqwa is highest).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Major and minor sins: the difference between major and minor sins has been explained in detail earlier in the notes on Surah An-Nisa. There are several views on the interpretation of لَّمَمَ (lamam, small faults). Some said that lamam are sinful thoughts and the like that come into the heart but are not put into practice. Some took it to mean minor sins.

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