53. Qul ya AAibadiya allatheena asrafoo AAala anfusihim la taqnatoo min rahmati Allahi inna Allaha yaghfiru aLththunooba jameeAAan innahu huwa alghafooru aLrraheemU
53. Say: "O my Servants who
Have transgressed against their souls
Despair not of the Mercy
Of God: for God forgives
All sins: for He is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
54. Waaneeboo ila rabbikum waaslimoo lahu min qabli an ya/tiyakumu alAAathabu thumma la tunsaroonA
54. \"Turn ye to your Lord
(In repentance) and bow
To His (Will), before
The Penalty comes on you:
After that ye shall not
Be helped.
55. WaIttabiAAoo ahsana ma onzila ilaykum min rabbikum min qabli an ya/tiyakumu alAAathabu baghtatan waantum la tashAAuroonA
55. \"And follow the Best
Of (the courses) revealed
To you from your Lord,
Before the Penalty comes
On you--of a sudden,
While ye perceive not!--
56. An taqoola nafsun ya hasrata AAala ma farrattu fee janbi Allahi wa-in kuntu lamina aLssakhireenA
56. \"Lest the soul should (then)
Say: "Ah! woe is me!--
In that I neglected
(My Duty) towards God,
And was but among those
Who mocked!"--
57. Aw taqoola law anna Allaha hadanee lakuntu mina almuttaqeenA
57. \"Or (lest) it should say:
"If only God had guided
Me, I should certainly
Have been among the righteous!"--
58. Aw taqoola heena tara alAAathaba law anna lee karratan faakoona mina almuhsineenA
58. \"Or (lest) it should say
When it (actually) sees
The Penalty, "If only
I had another chance,
I should certainly be
Among those who do good!"
59. Bala qad jaatka ayatee fakaththabta biha waIstakbarta wakunta mina alkafireenA