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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 109

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ١٠٩

23:109 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 349 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:109

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِى يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ۝١٠٩

Transliteration

innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna

Translation

Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'

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Verse 109 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:109), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 349 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 109

Al-Mukhtasar

There was a group of My servants who believed in Me, saying: ‘Our Lord, we have believed in You, so forgive our sins and grant us Your mercy, and You are the best of those who show mercy’

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Other translations of verse 109

There was a group of My slaves who used to pray, ‘Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.’

Verily there was a party of My slaves, who used to say: "Our Lord! We believe, so forgive us, and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of all who show mercy!"

Lo! there was a party of My slaves who said: Our Lord! We believe, therefor forgive us and have mercy on us for Thou art Best of all who show mercy;

"A part of My servants there was, who used to pray 'our Lord! we believe; then do Thou forgive us, and have mercy upon us: For Thou art the Best of those who show mercy!"

Surely there was a party of My servants who said: O our Lord! we believe, so do Thou forgive us and have mercy on us, and Thou art the best of the Merciful ones.

Surely there was a group of My bondmen who said, ‘Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us and have mercy on us, and You are The Most Charitable of the merciful.'

Verse 109 word by word

  1. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed
  2. كَانَ kāna (there) was ك و ن
  3. فَرِيقٌ farīqun a party ف ر ق
  4. مِّنْ min of
  5. عِبَادِى ʿibādī My slaves ع ب د
  6. يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna (who) said ق و ل
  7. رَبَّنَآ rabbanā Our Lord ر ب ب
  8. ءَامَنَّا āmannā We believe أ م ن
  9. فَٱغْفِرْ fa-igh'fir so forgive غ ف ر
  10. لَنَا lanā us
  11. وَٱرْحَمْنَا wa-ir'ḥamnā and have mercy on us ر ح م
  12. وَأَنتَ wa-anta and You
  13. خَيْرُ khayru (are) best خ ي ر
  14. ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ l-rāḥimīna (of) those who show mercy ر ح م

Verses related to verse 109

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:29–30

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ …

    Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed. …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-A’raf 7:155

    وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَا فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّٰىَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ

    And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

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