Nuh’s request for forgiveness

Quranic supplication excerpt · Hud · 11:47

Arabic with meaning.

رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُنْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Meaning in English

My Lord, I seek Your protection from asking You about what I do not know. Unless You forgive me and show me mercy, I will be among those who lose.

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رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ

My Lord, I seek Your protection from asking You about what I do not know.

وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُنْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Unless You forgive me and show me mercy, I will be among those who lose.

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Rabbi inni audhu bika an asalaka ma laysa li bihi ilm. Wa illa taghfir li wa tarhamni akun mina-l-khasirin.

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