Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 286
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Word by word
- لَاlā(Does) not
- يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- نَفْسًاnafsanany soul
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- وُسْعَهَا ۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
- لَهَاlahāfor it
- مَاmāwhat
- كَسَبَتْkasabatit earned
- وَعَلَيْهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
- مَاmāwhat
- ٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗik'tasabatit earned
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تُؤَاخِذْنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
- إِنinif
- نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
- أَوْawor
- أَخْطَأْنَا ۚakhṭanāwe err
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَحْمِلْtaḥmillay
- عَلَيْنَآʿalaynāupon us
- إِصْرًۭاiṣ'rana burden
- كَمَاkamālike that
- حَمَلْتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- مِنmin(were) from
- قَبْلِنَا ۚqablinābefore us
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
- تُحَمِّلْنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
- مَاmāwhat
- لَاlānot
- طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
- لَنَاlanāwe have
- بِهِۦ ۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
- وَٱعْفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
- عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
- وَٱغْفِرْwa-igh'firand forgive
- لَنَاlanā[for] us
- وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
- أَنتَantaYou (are)
- مَوْلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
- فَٱنصُرْنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
- عَلَىʿalāagainst
- ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
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