Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 161 (7:161)

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وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ …

Quran 7:161 is ayah 161 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 171 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:161
وَإِذْقِيلَلَهُمُٱسْكُنُوا۟هَٰذِهِٱلْقَرْيَةَوَكُلُوا۟مِنْهَاحَيْثُشِئْتُمْوَقُولُوا۟حِطَّةٌوَٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْبَابَسُجَّدًانَّغْفِرْلَكُمْخَطِيَٰٓٔتِكُمْ ۚسَنَزِيدُٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ١٦١
wa-idh qīla lahumu us'kunū hādhihi l-qaryata wakulū min'hā ḥaythu shi'tum waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun wa-ud'khulū l-bāba sujjadan naghfir lakum khaṭīātikum sanazīdu l-muḥ'sinīna

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]."(161)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. قِيلَqīlait was said
  3. لَهُمُlahumuto them
  4. ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunūLive
  5. هَٰذِهِhādhihi(in) this
  6. ٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryatacity
  7. وَكُلُوا۟wakulūand eat
  8. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  9. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  10. شِئْتُمْshi'tumyou wish
  11. وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand say
  12. حِطَّةٌḥiṭṭatunRepentance
  13. وَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūand enter
  14. ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gate
  15. سُجَّدًاsujjadanprostrating
  16. نَّغْفِرْnaghfirWe will forgive
  17. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  18. خَطِيَٰٓٔتِكُمْ ۚkhaṭīātikumyour sins
  19. سَنَزِيدُsanazīduWe will increase (reward)
  20. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

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