English explanation:
- (Yusuf Ali): Even then We did forgive you; there was a chance for you to be grateful.
- (Marmaduke Pickthall): Then, even after that, We pardoned you in order that ye might give thanks.
(pick any, you may paraphrase and you don't have to recite it verbatim)
ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Thumma AAafawna AAankum min baAAdi thalika laAAallakum tashkuroona