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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qasas, verse 16

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قال رب اني ظلمت نفسي فاغفر لي فغفر له انه هو الغفور الرحيم

He prayed: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul! Do Thou then forgive me!" So (God) forgave him: for He Is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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  • Verse 16 of 88
  • Juz 20
  • Page 387

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  3. إِنِّىIndeed, Iinnī
  4. ظَلَمْتُ[I] have wrongedẓalamtu
  5. نَفْسِىmy soulnafsī
  6. فَٱغْفِرْso forgivefa-igh'fir
  7. لِى[for] melī
  8. فَغَفَرَThen He forgavefaghafara
  9. لَهُۥٓ ۚ[for] himlahu
  10. إِنَّهُۥIndeed Heinnahu
  11. هُوَHe (is)huwa
  12. ٱلْغَفُورُthe Oft-Forgivingl-ghafūru
  13. ٱلرَّحِيمُthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmu

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