Quran 7:23 — Al-A'raaf, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They replied, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged our souls: if You do not forgive us and have mercy, we shall be lost.’
قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
qālā rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa-in lam taghfir lanā watarḥamnā lanakūnanna mina l-khāsirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if Thou dost not forgive us, and have mercy upon us, we shall surely be among the lost.'
- Muhammad Asad
- The two replied: "O our Sustainer! We have sinned against ourselves -and unless Thou grant us forgiveness and bestow Thy mercy upon us, we shall most certainly be lost!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَاqālā | Both of them said | قول |
| 2 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 3 | ظَلَمْنَآẓalamnā | we have wronged | ظلم |
| 4 | أَنفُسَنَاanfusanā | ourselves | نفس |
| 5 | وَإِنwa-in | and if | — |
| 6 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 7 | تَغْفِرْtaghfir | You forgive | غفر |
| 8 | لَنَاlanā | [for] us | — |
| 9 | وَتَرْحَمْنَاwatarḥamnā | and have mercy (on) us | رحم |
| 10 | لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnanna | surely, we will be | كون |
| 11 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 12 | ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīna | the losers | خسر |