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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 149 (7:149)

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وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِىٓ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا …

Quran 7:149 is ayah 149 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 168 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:149
وَلَمَّاسُقِطَفِىٓأَيْدِيهِمْوَرَأَوْا۟أَنَّهُمْقَدْضَلُّوا۟قَالُوا۟لَئِنلَّمْيَرْحَمْنَارَبُّنَاوَيَغْفِرْلَنَالَنَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ١٤٩
walammā suqiṭa fī aydīhim wara-aw annahum qad ḍallū qālū la-in lam yarḥamnā rabbunā wayaghfir lanā lanakūnanna mina l-khāsirīna

And when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."(149)

Word by word

  1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
  2. سُقِطَsuqiṭa(it was made to) fall
  3. فِىٓfīinto
  4. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
  5. وَرَأَوْا۟wara-awand they saw
  6. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
  7. قَدْqad(had) indeed
  8. ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūgone astray
  9. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  10. لَئِنla-inIf
  11. لَّمْlamnot
  12. يَرْحَمْنَاyarḥamnāhas Mercy on us
  13. رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
  14. وَيَغْفِرْwayaghfirand forgive
  15. لَنَاlanā[for] us
  16. لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannawe will surely be
  17. مِنَminaamong
  18. ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers

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