Pardon, forgiveness and ease
Quranic supplication excerpt · Al-Baqara · 2:286
Arabic with meaning.
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
Meaning in English
Our Lord, do not hold us to account if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not place on us a burden like the one You placed on those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us beyond what we can bear. Pardon us, forgive us and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so support us against the people who reject faith.
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رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا
Our Lord, do not hold us to account if we forget or make a mistake.
رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا
Our Lord, do not place on us a burden like the one You placed on those before us.
رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ
Our Lord, do not burden us beyond what we can bear.
وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا
Pardon us, forgive us and have mercy on us.
أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
You are our Protector, so support us against the people who reject faith.
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Rabbana la tuakhidhna in nasina aw akhtana. Rabbana wa la tahmil alayna isran kama hamaltahu ala-lladhina min qablina. Rabbana wa la tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bih. Wafu anna waghfir lana warhamna. Anta mawlana fansurna ala-l-qawmi-l-kafirin.
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