Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
MAKE due allowance for man's nature, and enjoin the doing of what is right; and leave alone all those who choose to remain ignorant
Arthur John Arberry
Take the abundance, and bid to what is honourable, and turn away from the ignorant
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant
Arabic
خُذِ ٱلۡعَفۡوَ وَأۡمُرۡ بِٱلۡعُرۡفِ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡجَـٰهِلِینَ ١٩٩
Transliteration (2021)
khudhi l-ʿafwa wamur bil-ʿur'fi wa-aʿriḍ ʿani l-jāhilīn