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

Quran 7:23

7:23

قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

qālā rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa-in lam taghfir lanā watarḥamnā lanakūnanna mina l-khāsirīna

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

— Saheeh International

They replied, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged our souls: if You do not forgive us and have mercy, we shall be lost.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers."

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

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قَالَاqālāBoth of them said
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
ظَلَمْنَآẓalamnāwe have wronged
أَنفُسَنَاanfusanāourselves
وَإِنwa-inand if
لَّمْlamnot
تَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgive
لَنَاlanā[for] us
وَتَرْحَمْنَاwatarḥamnāand have mercy (on) us
لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely, we will be
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers