Quran 3:17 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those who are steadfast, truthful, truly devout, who give [in God’s cause] and pray before dawn for forgiveness.’
الصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْمُنْفِقِينَ وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ
al-ṣābirīna wal-ṣādiqīna wal-qānitīna wal-munfiqīna wal-mus'taghfirīna bil-asḥāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- men who are patient, truthful, obedient, expenders in alms, imploring God's pardon at the daybreak.
- Muhammad Asad
- those who are patient in adversity, and true to their word, and truly devout, and who spend [in God's way], and pray for forgiveness from their innermost hearts.
- Sahih International
- The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allāh], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَal-ṣābirīna | The patient | صبر |
| 2 | وَٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَwal-ṣādiqīna | and the truthful | صدق |
| 3 | وَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَwal-qānitīna | and the obedient | قنت |
| 4 | وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَwal-munfiqīna | and those who spend | نفق |
| 5 | وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَwal-mus'taghfirīna | and those who seek forgiveness | غفر |
| 6 | بِٱلْأَسْحَارِbil-asḥāri | [in the] before dawn | سحر |