4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 27
وَاللّٰهُ يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُر۪يدُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ اَنْ تَم۪يلُوا مَيْلاً عَظ۪يماً
Wallahu yureedu an yatoobaAAalaykum wayureedu allatheena yattabiAAoona ashshahawatian tameeloo maylan AAatheem
Allah desires to turn towards you, but those who pursue their lower appetites desire to make you deviate completely.
- Progressive Muslims
And God wants to pardon you, but those who follow their lusts want that you would be diverted into a great diversion.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Allah turns to you in kindness, while those who follow their desires want that you drift far away from the right path. (They would rather have no laws to constrain their desires).
- Sam Gerrans
And God desires to turn towards you; but those who follow vain lusts desire that you should deviate with great deviation.
- The Monotheist Group
And God wants to pardon you, but those who follow desires want that you would be diverted into a great diversion.
- Edip-Layth
God wants to pardon you, but those who follow their lusts want that you would be diverted into a great diversion.
- Aisha Bewley
Allah desires to turn towards you, but those who pursue their lower appetites desire to make you deviate completely.
- Rashad Khalifa
GOD wishes to redeem you, while those who pursue their lusts wish that you deviate a great deviation.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
God likes to turn to you, but those who are lost in the pleasures of the flesh wish to turn you astray, far away.
- Sahih International
Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow [their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation.
- Muhammad Asad
And God wants to turn unto you in His mercy, whereas those who follow [only] their own lusts want you to drift far away from the right path.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
But whereas Allah takes upon Himself to extend His mercy to you and give up resentment against you and pardon your offence, the wicked bred to the taste of lust appetent wish to see you alienate Allah's purpose and depart far distant from the path of righteousness.
- Bijan Moeinian
God’s wishes to free you from the consequences of your ignorance. Those who follow their lust and vain desires, on the contrary, wish to turn you far away from God; far away.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Allâh wishes to accept your repentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you (believers) should deviate tremendously away (from the Right Path).
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Allah doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow their lusts is that ye should turn away (from Him),- far, far away.
- Mustafa Khattab
And it is Allah’s Will to turn to you in grace, but those who follow their desires wish to see you deviate entirely ˹from Allah’s Way˺.
- Taqi Usmani
Allah intends to turn graciously towards you, while those who follow desires want you to deviate (from the right path), a huge deviation.
- Abdul Haleem
He wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts want you to go far astray.
- Arthur John Arberry
and God desires to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts desire you to swerve away mightily.
- E. Henry Palmer
God wishes to turn towards you, but those who follow their lusts wish that ye should swerve with a mighty swerving!
- Hamid S. Aziz
Allah wishes to turn towards you in mercy, but those who follow their own lusts (desires, prejudices, addictions, superstitions) wish that you should go far astray!
- Mahmoud Ghali
And Allah wills to relent towards you, and (the ones) who closely follow (their) lusts would have you incline (Literally: tilt away a tremendous tilting) away a tremendous inclining.
- George Sale
God desireth to be gracious unto you; but they who follow their lusts, desire that ye should turn aside from the truth with great deviation.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Allah does wish to turn to you but the wish of those who follow their lusts is that you should turn away (from Him)— Far, far away.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Whereas Allâh desires to turn to you with mercy, those who follow (the dictates of their) lusts want you to drift far away (from the right path).
- Ali Quli Qarai
Allah desires to turn toward you clemently, but those who pursue their [base] appetites desire that you fall into gross waywardness.