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Al-A'raf 161

Ayah 161 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسۡكُنُواْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةَ وَكُلُواْ مِنۡهَا حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمۡ وَقُولُواْ حِطَّةٞ وَٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡبَابَ سُجَّدٗا نَّغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمۡۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٦١

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins],' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قِيلَit was saidqīla
  3. لَهُمُto themlahumu
  4. ٱسۡكُنُواْLiveus'kunū
  5. هَٰذِهِ(in) thishādhihi
  6. ٱلۡقَرۡيَةَcityl-qaryata
  7. وَكُلُواْand eatwakulū
  8. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  9. حَيۡثُwhereverḥaythu
  10. شِئۡتُمۡyou wishshi'tum
  11. وَقُولُواْand saywaqūlū
  12. حِطَّةٞRepentanceḥiṭṭatun
  13. وَٱدۡخُلُواْand enterwa-ud'khulū
  14. ٱلۡبَابَthe gatel-bāba
  15. سُجَّدٗاprostratingsujjadan
  16. نَّغۡفِرۡWe will forgivenaghfir
  17. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  18. خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمۡۚyour sinskhaṭīātikum
  19. سَنَزِيدُWe will increase (reward)sanazīdu
  20. ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ(of) the good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

Tafsir

Remember, O Messenger, when Allah told the Israelites to enter Jerusalem, and to eat from any of the fruits of the town, whenever they wished, and to ask Allah to remove their disobedience from them. He told them to enter the gate in humility, and that He would forgive them for their mistakes and would increase those who do good in the good things of this world and of the Afterlife.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran