Quran 2:199 — Al-Baqara, verse 199
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Surge down where the rest of the people do, and ask forgiveness of God: He is most forgiving and merciful.
ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ النَّاسُ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
thumma afīḍū min ḥaythu afāḍa l-nāsu wa-is'taghfirū l-laha inna l-laha ghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then press on from where the people press on, and pray for God's forgiveness; God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- and surge onward together with the multitude of all the other people who surge onward, and ask God to forgive you your sins: for, verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- Then depart from the place from where [all] the people depart and ask forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | أَفِيضُوا۟afīḍū | depart | فيض |
| 3 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 4 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 5 | أَفَاضَafāḍa | depart | فيض |
| 6 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | the people | نوس |
| 7 | وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟wa-is'taghfirū | and ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 8 | ٱللَّهَ ۚl-laha | (of) Allah | أله |
| 9 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 11 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 12 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |