Turning back in repentance
Quranic supplication excerpt · Al-A‘raf · 7:23
Arabic with meaning.
رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Meaning in English
Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will certainly be among those who lose.
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رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا
Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا
And if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us
لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
We will certainly be among those who lose
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Rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa in lam taghfir lanā wa tarḥamnā lanakūnanna mina-l-khāsirīn
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