Our Protector and Forgiver

Quranic supplication excerpt · Al-A'raaf · 7:155

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أَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ

Meaning in English

You are our Protector. Forgive us and have mercy on us; You are the best of those who forgive.

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أَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ

You are our Protector. Forgive us and have mercy on us; You are the best of those who forgive.

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Anta waliyyuna faghfir lana warhamna wa anta khayru-l-ghafirin.

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