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Ghafir 11

Ayah 11 of 85 · Meccan

قَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ وَأَحۡيَيۡتَنَا ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ فَٱعۡتَرَفۡنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلۡ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجٖ مِّن سَبِيلٖ ١١

They will say, "Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to an exit any way?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey (will) sayqālū
  2. رَبَّنَآOur Lordrabbanā
  3. أَمَتَّنَاYou gave us deathamattanā
  4. ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِtwiceith'natayni
  5. وَأَحۡيَيۡتَنَاand You gave us lifewa-aḥyaytanā
  6. ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِtwiceith'natayni
  7. فَٱعۡتَرَفۡنَاand we confessfa-iʿ'tarafnā
  8. بِذُنُوبِنَاour sinsbidhunūbinā
  9. فَهَلۡSo is (there)fahal
  10. إِلَىٰtoilā
  11. خُرُوجٖget outkhurūjin
  12. مِّنanymin
  13. سَبِيلٖwaysabīlin

Tafsir

The disbelievers will say, confessing their sins when their confession will not benefit: “Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice when we were non-existent then You created us, then you gave us death after that creation, and You gave us life twice by creating us from non-existence and by restoring us for the resurrection. We have admitted our sins we earned, so is there any route we can take to exit from the fire, so we can return to life to correct our actions so You become pleased with us?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran