Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 161
وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
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]."
Al-A'raf · 7:161
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
- خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚkhaṭīātikumyour sins
- سَنَزِيدُsanazīduWe will increase (reward)
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers
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