Quran 3:147 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 147
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
All they said was, ‘Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our excesses. Make our feet firm, and give us help against the disbelievers,’
وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
wamā kāna qawlahum illā an qālū rabbanā igh'fir lanā dhunūbanā wa-is'rāfanā fī amrinā wathabbit aqdāmanā wa-unṣur'nā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nothing else they said but, 'Lord, forgive us our sins, and that we exceeded in our affair, and make firm our feet, and help us against the people of the unbelievers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and all that they said was this: "O our Sustainer! Forgive us our sins and the lack of moderation in our doings! And make firm our steps, and succour us against people who deny the truth!" -
- Sahih International
- And their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | were | كون |
| 3 | قَوْلَهُمْqawlahum | their words | قول |
| 4 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 7 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 8 | ٱغْفِرْigh'fir | forgive | غفر |
| 9 | لَنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 10 | ذُنُوبَنَاdhunūbanā | our sins | ذنب |
| 11 | وَإِسْرَافَنَاwa-is'rāfanā | and our excesses | سرف |
| 12 | فِىٓfī | in | — |
| 13 | أَمْرِنَاamrinā | our affairs | أمر |
| 14 | وَثَبِّتْwathabbit | and make firm | ثبت |
| 15 | أَقْدَامَنَاaqdāmanā | our feet | قدم |
| 16 | وَٱنصُرْنَاwa-unṣur'nā | and give us victory | نصر |
| 17 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 18 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | [the people] | قوم |
| 19 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |