The angels’ prayer for believers
Quranic supplication excerpt · Ghafir · 40:7–9
Arabic with meaning.
رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَهُمْ وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ وَقِهِمُ السَّيِّئَاتِ ۚ وَمَنْ تَقِ السَّيِّئَاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Meaning in English
Our Lord, Your mercy and knowledge encompass everything. Forgive those who repent and follow Your way, and protect them from the punishment of Hell. Our Lord, admit them to the lasting gardens You promised them, with the righteous among their parents, spouses and descendants. You are the Almighty, the Wise. Protect them from evil deeds and their consequences. Whoever You protect that Day has received Your mercy. That is the great success.
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رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا
Our Lord, Your mercy and knowledge encompass everything.
فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
Forgive those who repent and follow Your way, and protect them from the punishment of Hell.
رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَهُمْ وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
Our Lord, admit them to the lasting gardens You promised them, with the righteous among their parents, spouses and descendants. You are the Almighty, the Wise.
وَقِهِمُ السَّيِّئَاتِ ۚ وَمَنْ تَقِ السَّيِّئَاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Protect them from evil deeds and their consequences. Whoever You protect that Day has received Your mercy. That is the great success.
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Rabbana wasita kulla shayin rahmatan wa ilma. Faghfir li-lladhina tabu wattabau sabilaka wa qihim adhaba-l-jahim. Rabbana wa adkhilhum jannati adnin allati waadtahum wa man salaha min abaihim wa azwajihim wa dhurriyyatihim. Innaka anta-l-azizu-l-hakim. Wa qihimu-s-sayyiat. Wa man taqi-s-sayyiati yawmaidhin faqad rahimtah. Wa dhalika huwa-l-fawzu-l-azim.
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