Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:161

7:161

وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

wa-idh qīla lahumu us'kunū hādhihi l-qaryata wakulū min'hā ḥaythu shi'tum waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun wa-ud'khulū l-bāba sujjadan naghfir lakum khaṭīātikum sanazīdu l-muḥ'sinīna

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins],' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

— Saheeh International

When they were told, ‘Enter this town and eat freely there as you will, but say, “Relieve us!” and enter its gate humbly: then We shall forgive you your sins, and increase the reward of those who do good,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when it was said to them: "Dwell in this town (Jerusalem) and eat therefrom wherever you wish, and say, ‘(O Allâh) forgive our sins’; and enter the gate prostrate (bowing with humility). We shall forgive you your wrong-doings. We shall increase (the reward) for the good-doers."

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قِيلَqīlait was said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunūLive
هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(in) this
ٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryatacity
وَكُلُوا۟wakulūand eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
شِئْتُمْshi'tumyou wish
وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand say
حِطَّةٌۭḥiṭṭatunRepentance
وَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūand enter
ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gate
سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
نَّغْفِرْnaghfirWe will forgive
لَكُمْlakumfor you
خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْۚkhaṭīātikumyour sins
سَنَزِيدُsanazīduWe will increase (reward)
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers