Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:97

12:97

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَبَانَا ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَـٰطِـِٔينَ

qālū yāabānā is'taghfir lanā dhunūbanā innā kunnā khāṭiīna

They said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."

— Saheeh International

The [brothers] said, ‘Father, ask God to forgive our sins- we were truly in the wrong.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "O our father! Ask Forgiveness (from Allâh) for our sins, indeed we have been sinners."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰٓأَبَانَاyāabānāO our father
ٱسْتَغْفِرْis'taghfirAsk forgiveness
لَنَاlanāfor us
ذُنُوبَنَآdhunūbanā(of) our sins
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
كُنَّاkunnāhave been
خَـٰطِـِٔينَkhāṭiīnasinners