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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 23

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قالا ربنا ظلمنا انفسنا وان لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكونن من الخاسرين

They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If Thou forgive us not And bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall Certainly be lost."

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  • Verse 23 of 206
  • Juz 8
  • Page 153

Word by word

  1. قَالَاBoth of them saidqālā
  2. رَبَّنَاOur Lordrabbanā
  3. ظَلَمْنَآwe have wrongedẓalamnā
  4. أَنفُسَنَاourselvesanfusanā
  5. وَإِنand ifwa-in
  6. لَّمْnotlam
  7. تَغْفِرْYou forgivetaghfir
  8. لَنَا[for] uslanā
  9. وَتَرْحَمْنَاand have mercy (on) uswatarḥamnā
  10. لَنَكُونَنَّsurely, we will belanakūnanna
  11. مِنَamongmina
  12. ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَthe losersl-khāsirīna

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