Quran 28:16 — Al-Qasas, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘Lord, I have wronged myself. Forgive me,’ so He forgave him; He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَغَفَرَ لَهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
qāla rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-igh'fir lī faghafara lahu innahu huwa l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'My Lord, I have wronged myself. Forgive me!' So God forgave him, for He is the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And] he prayed: O my Sustainer! Verily, I have sinned against myself! Grant me, then, Thy forgiveness!” And He forgave him - for, verily, He alone is truly forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 3 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 4 | ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu | [I] have wronged | ظلم |
| 5 | نَفْسِىnafsī | my soul | نفس |
| 6 | فَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'fir | so forgive | غفر |
| 7 | لِىlī | [for] me | — |
| 8 | فَغَفَرَfaghafara | Then He forgave | غفر |
| 9 | لَهُۥٓ ۚlahu | [for] him | — |
| 10 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed He | — |
| 11 | هُوَhuwa | He (is) | — |
| 12 | ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru | the Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 13 | ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu | the Most Merciful | رحم |