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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 161of 206

وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌۭ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًۭا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ﴿١٦١

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قِيلَqīlait was said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunūLive
هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(in) this
ٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryatacity
وَكُلُوا۟wakulūand eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
شِئْتُمْshi'tumyou wish
وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand say
حِطَّةٌۭḥiṭṭatunRepentance
وَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūand enter
ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gate
سُجَّدًۭاsujjadanprostrating
نَّغْفِرْnaghfirWe will forgive
لَكُمْlakumfor you
خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚkhaṭīātikumyour sins
سَنَزِيدُsanazīduWe will increase (reward)
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ أُمَّةٌ قَآئِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ءَانَآءَ الَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ(A party of the people of the Scripture stand for the right, they recite the verses of Allah during the hours of the night, prostrating themselves in prayer) 3:113, وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَمَن يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ خَـشِعِينَ للَّهِ لاَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً أُوْلـئِكَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِنَّ الل...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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