Quran 7:161 — Al-A'raaf, verse 161
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they were told, ‘Enter this town and eat freely there as you will, but say, “Relieve us!” and enter its gate humbly: then We shall forgive you your sins, and increase the reward of those who do good,’
وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ اسْكُنُوا هَـٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيئَاتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
wa-idh qīla lahumu us'kunū hādhihi l-qaryata wakulū min'hā ḥaythu shi'tum waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun wa-ud'khulū l-bāba sujjadan naghfir lakum khaṭīātikum sanazīdu l-muḥ'sinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when it was said to them, 'Dwell in this township and eat of it wherever you will; and say, Unburdening; and enter in at the gate, prostrating; We will forgive you your transgressions, and increase the good-doers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [remember] when you were told: "Dwell in this land and eat of its food as you may desire; but say, `Remove Thou from us the burden of our sins,' and enter the gate humbly - [whereupon] We shall forgive you your sins [and] shall amply reward the doers of good."
- Sahih International
- And [mention, O Muḥammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins],' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it was said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 4 | ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunū | Live | سكن |
| 5 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | (in) this | — |
| 6 | ٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryata | city | قري |
| 7 | وَكُلُوا۟wakulū | and eat | أكل |
| 8 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 9 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 10 | شِئْتُمْshi'tum | you wish | شيأ |
| 11 | وَقُولُوا۟waqūlū | and say | قول |
| 12 | حِطَّةٌۭḥiṭṭatun | Repentance | حطط |
| 13 | وَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulū | and enter | دخل |
| 14 | ٱلْبَابَl-bāba | the gate | بوب |
| 15 | سُجَّدًۭاsujjadan | prostrating | سجد |
| 16 | نَّغْفِرْnaghfir | We will forgive | غفر |
| 17 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 18 | خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚkhaṭīātikum | your sins | خطأ |
| 19 | سَنَزِيدُsanazīdu | We will increase (reward) | زيد |
| 20 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna | (of) the good-doers | حسن |