Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 16 (28:16)

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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Quran 28:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 387 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:16
قَالَرَبِّإِنِّىظَلَمْتُنَفْسِىفَٱغْفِرْلِىفَغَفَرَلَهُۥٓ ۚإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلْغَفُورُٱلرَّحِيمُ١٦
qāla rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-igh'fir lī faghafara lahu innahu huwa l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.(16)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  4. ظَلَمْتُẓalamtu[I] have wronged
  5. نَفْسِىnafsīmy soul
  6. فَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgive
  7. لِىlī[for] me
  8. فَغَفَرَfaghafaraThen He forgave
  9. لَهُۥٓ ۚlahu[for] him
  10. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
  11. هُوَhuwaHe (is)
  12. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruthe Oft-Forgiving
  13. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

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