Quran 7:149 — Al-A'raaf, verse 149
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When, with much wringing of hands, they perceived that they were doing wrong, they said, ‘If our Lord does not have mercy and forgive us, we shall be the losers.’
وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
walammā suqiṭa fī aydīhim wara-aw annahum qad ḍallū qālū la-in lam yarḥamnā rabbunā wayaghfir lanā lanakūnanna mina l-khāsirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they smote their hands, and saw that they had gone astray, they said, 'If our Lord has not mercy on us, and forgives us not, surely we shall be of the lost.'
- Muhammad Asad
- although [later,] when they would smite their hands in remorse, having perceived that they had gone astray, they would say, "Indeed, unless our Sustainer have mercy on us and grant us forgiveness, we shall most certainly be among the lost!"
- Sahih International
- And when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | And when | — |
| 2 | سُقِطَsuqiṭa | (it was made to) fall | سقط |
| 3 | فِىٓfī | into | — |
| 4 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | their hands | يدي |
| 5 | وَرَأَوْا۟wara-aw | and they saw | رأي |
| 6 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 7 | قَدْqad | (had) indeed | — |
| 8 | ضَلُّوا۟ḍallū | gone astray | ضلل |
| 9 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 10 | لَئِنla-in | If | — |
| 11 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 12 | يَرْحَمْنَاyarḥamnā | has Mercy on us | رحم |
| 13 | رَبُّنَاrabbunā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 14 | وَيَغْفِرْwayaghfir | and forgive | غفر |
| 15 | لَنَاlanā | [for] us | — |
| 16 | لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnanna | we will surely be | كون |
| 17 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 18 | ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīna | the losers | خسر |