Four verse of third chapter in Quran (The family of Imran)

(3:133-136)

English translation by			Original Arabic text
Sahih International	Yusuf Ali	Muhsin Khan
And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous.	Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous,-	And march forth in the way (which leads to) forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for the pious	وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Who spend [in the cause of God ] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and God loves the doers of good;	Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for Allah loves those who do good;-	Those who spend [in Allah's Cause] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves the good-doers.	الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember God and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except God? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.”	And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged their own souls, earnestly bring Allah to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their sins,- and who can forgive sins except Allah?- and are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they have done.	And those who, when they have committed a sin or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins; - and none can forgive sins but Allah - And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done, while they know.	وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
Those - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow [in Paradise], wherein they will abide eternally; and excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers.	For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a recompense for those who work (and strive)!	For such, the reward is Forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath (Paradise), wherein they shall abide forever. How excellent is this reward for the doers.	أُولَٰئِكَ جَزَاؤُهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ

 Reflection:

1-      Why do we need to be quick and hasten to forgiveness and the paradise?

2-      Why does God not say “hasten to the deeds that will lead you to forgiveness and the Paradise”?

3-      Why is “forgiveness” before “the Paradise”?

4-      Why is it (your lord) not (God)?

5-      If the Paradise as wide as the heavens and earth, what about its length?

6-      Why is the verb (prepared) past tense even though no one will be in the paradise until after judgment day?

7-      Who are the righteous?

8-      Why there is no object for the verb (spend)?

9-      How can we spend in the cause of God if we are in adversity or hardship?

10-  Do righteous commit a sin?

11-  How can a man wrong himself?

12-  How can we repent when we commit a sin?

13-  What does God mean by (remembering him)? Does it mean we forget him?

14-  What is the condition for our repentance to be accepted?

15-  How are all these 4 steps (spending, repress anger, pardon people, and seek forgiveness) related?

Be quick / march forth / hasten to

Forgiveness		Garden / Paradise
from your Lord		as wide as the heavens and earth,	Is prepared for the righteous. Who
			1-     Who spend [in the cause of God] during ease and hardship.
			2-     restrain anger
			3-     pardon the people
			4-     when they commit a sin or wrong themselves [by transgression]: A)    remember God B)    seek forgiveness for their sins C)    do not persist in what they have done while they know.