Meaning: your sins · Also translated as: our sins, their sins, his sins, a fault
Forms in the Quran
خَطَٰيَٰكُمْ×2
خَطَٰيَٰنَا×2
خَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥ×1
خَطِيٓـَٔةً×1
خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمْ×1
خَطِيٓـَٔتِى×1
خَطَٰيَٰهُم×1
خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
الخطأ: العدول عن الجهة، وذلك أضرب:
قوله تعالى: ﴿إن قتلهم كان خطا كبيرا﴾ [الإسراء:31]. قال ابن عرفة: يقال: خطئ في دينه إذا أثم. ومنه الآية الكريمة. وأخطأ: إذا سلك سبيل خطأ عامدا وغير عامد. قال: ويقال: خطئ في معنى أخطأ، وأنشد لامرئ القيس: [من الرجز]
And remember We said:
"Enter this town, and eat
Of the plenty therein
As ye wish; but enter
The gate with humility,
In posture and in words,
And We shall forgive you your faults
And increase (the portion of)
Those who do good."
And remember it was
Said to them:
"Dwell in this town
And eat therein as ye wish,
But say the word of humility
And enter the gate
In a posture of humility:
We shall forgive you
Your faults; We shall increase
(The portion of) those who do good."
And the Unbelievers say
To those who believe:
"Follow our path, and we
Will bear (the consequences)"
Of your faults." Never
In the least will they
Bear their faults: in fact
They are liars!
Because of their sins
They were drowned
(In the flood),
And were made to enter
The Fire (of Punishment):
And they found
In lieu of God
None to help them.