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Surah Ali ’Imran, Verse 16

سورة آل عمران، الآية ١٦

3:16 Juz 3 Hizb 6 Page 52 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 3:16

ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ۝١٦

Transliteration

alladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā innanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā dhunūbanā waqinā ʿadhāba l-nāri

Translation

Those who say, 'Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,' "

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Verse 16 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:16), a Medinan surah, is in juz 3, on page 52 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

The people of Paradise are the ones who say in their prayers, ‘Our Lord, we have faith in You and in that which You revealed to Your messengers; and we have followed Your sacred law. So, forgive the sins we have committed and protect us from the punishment of the fire of Hell’.

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Other translations of verse 16

those who say, “Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.”

Those who say: "Our Lord! We have indeed believed, so forgive us our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire."

Those who say: Our Lord! Lo! we believe. So forgive us our sins and guard us from the punishment of Fire;

(Namely), those who say: "Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire;"-

Those who say: Our Lord! surely we believe, therefore forgive us our faults and save us from the chastisement of the fire.

Who say, "Our Lord, surely we (ourselves) have believed, so forgive us our guilty (deeds), and protect us from the torment of the Fire."

Verse 16 word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who
  2. يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna say ق و ل
  3. رَبَّنَآ rabbanā Our Lord ر ب ب
  4. إِنَّنَآ innanā Indeed, we
  5. ءَامَنَّا āmannā (have) believed أ م ن
  6. فَٱغْفِرْ fa-igh'fir so forgive غ ف ر
  7. لَنَا lanā for us
  8. ذُنُوبَنَا dhunūbanā our sins ذ ن ب
  9. وَقِنَا waqinā and save us و ق ي
  10. عَذَابَ ʿadhāba (from) punishment ع ذ ب
  11. ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri (of) the Fire ن و ر

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Yusuf 12:98

    قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    He said, "I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

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