Quran 3:147

Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Verse 147

Juz 4 · Page 68 · Ruku 56 · Medinan

وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِىٓ أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Word by word

وَمَا wamā And not كَانَ kāna were قَوْلَهُمْ qawlahum their words إِلَّآ illā except أَن an that قَالُوا۟ qālū they said رَبَّنَا rabbanā Our Lord ٱغْفِرْ igh'fir forgive لَنَا lanā for us ذُنُوبَنَا dhunūbanā our sins وَإِسْرَافَنَا wa-is'rāfanā and our excesses فِىٓ fī in أَمْرِنَا amrinā our affairs وَثَبِّتْ wathabbit and make firm أَقْدَامَنَا aqdāmanā our feet وَٱنصُرْنَا wa-unṣur'nā and give us victory عَلَى ʿalā over ٱلْقَوْمِ l-qawmi [the people] ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ l-kāfirīna the disbelievers

Transliteration

Wama kana qawlahum illaan qaloo rabbana ighfir lana thunoobanawa-israfana fee amrina wathabbit aqdamanawansurna AAala alqawmi alkafireen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Their cry was only that they said: Our Lord! forgive us for our sins and wasted efforts, make our foothold sure, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

All that they said was: "Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, and help us against those that resist Faith."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

أي لم يكن لهم هِجِّيرٌ إلا ذلك ربنا اغفر لنا ذنوبنا وإسرافنا في أمرنا وثبت أقدامنا وانصرنا على القوم الكافرين.