Quran 7 : 23

Both of them said, "Our Lord we have wronged ourselves, and if not You forgive [for] us and have mercy (on) us, surely, we will be among the losers."
قَالَا
Qālā
رَبَّنَا
Rabbanā
ظَلَمْنَآ
Ẓalamnaa
أَنفُسَنَا
Aanfusanā
وَإِن
Waiin
لَّمْ
Llam
تَغْفِرْ
Taghfir
لَنَا
Lanā
وَتَرْحَمْنَا
Watarḥamnā
لَنَكُونَنَّ
Lanakūnanna
مِنَ
Mina
ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ
Alkhaāsirīna

Irving/Hegab

They said: "Our Lord, we have harmed ourselves! If You do not forgive us and grant us mercy, we'll be losers."

Musharraf Hussain

Both said, “Our Lord, we’ve wronged ourselves. If You don’t forgive us and treat us kindly we will be the losers.”

Mustaqim

They said: our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be lost.

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost

Abdel Haleem

They replied, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged our souls: if You do not forgive us and have mercy, we shall be lost.’

Samy Mahdy

They said, “Our Lord, we have oppressed ourselves. And if You do not forgive us, and mercy us, we will be among the losers.”

Wahiduddin Khan

They replied, Our Lord, we have wronged our souls: if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall be among the lost

Ahmed Hulusi

They said, “Our Rabb! We have wronged ourselves... If you do not forgive us and grace us we will surely be among the losers.”

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged our souls, and unless You forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be losers."

T.B.Irving

They said: "Our Lord, we have harmed ourselves! If You do not forgive us and grant us mercy, we´ll be losers."

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Both replied: 'Lord, We have harmed ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall surely be among the lost.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

They responded, “Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You don’t forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be among the losers.”

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

They said: "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves and if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, then we will be of the losers!"

Mustafa Khattab 2018

They replied, “Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will certainly be losers.”

N J Dawood 2014

They replied: ‘Lord, we have wronged our souls. Pardon us and have mercy on us, or we shall surely be among the lost.‘

Linda "iLham" Barto

They said, “Our Lord, We have wronged our own souls. If You do not forgive us and grant mercy upon us, we will certainly be lost.”

Bakhtiari Nejad

They both said: “Our Lord, we did wrong to ourselves, and if you do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall be of the losers.”

Abdul Hye

They said: “Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You don’t forgive us, and have Mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers.”

Safi Kaskas

The two replied, "Lord, We have sinned against ourselves and unless You forgive us and have mercy on us, we will definitely be lost."

Sher Ali

They said, `Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves and if Thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, we shall surely be of the losers.

Aisha Bewley

They said, ´Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If you do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be among the lost.´

Arthur John Arberry

They said, 'Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if Thou dost not forgive us, and have mercy upon us, we shall surely be among the lost.

Talal Itani (2012)

They said, 'Our Lord, we have done wrong to ourselves. Unless You forgive us, and have mercy on us, we will be among the losers.'

The Study Quran

They said, “Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If Thou dost not forgive us and have Mercy upon us, we shall surely be among the losers.

Ahmed Ali

They said: "O our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we shall certainly be lost."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves; and if Thou forgive us not, and have (not) mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers

Bilal Muhammad 2018

They said, “Our Lord, We have wronged our own souls. If you do not forgive us and do not bestow upon us Your mercy, we will certainly be lost.

The Wise Quran

They said, 'Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves - and if you do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall surely be of those who are lost.'

Corpus.Quran

Both of them said Our Lord we have wronged ourselves and if not You forgive [for] us and have mercy (on) us surely, we will be among the losers

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

The twain said. our Lord! we have wronged our souls, and if Thou forgivest us not and hath not mercy on us, we shall of a surety be of the losers

Ali Quli Qara'i

They said, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves! If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.’

Shakir

They said: Our Lord! We have been unjust to ourselves, and if Thou forgive us not, and have (not) mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers

Edward Henry Palmer

They said, 'O our Lord! we have wronged ourselves - and if Thou dost not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall surely be of those who are lost!

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

They said, .Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and do not bless us with mercy, we shall, indeed, be among the losers

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Both of them submitted, 'O Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves, if You forgive us not and have not mercy on us, then certainly we are among losers.'

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost."

Mohammad Shafi

They said, "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. And if You forgive us not, and have mercy on us not, we shall certainly be of the losers."

Faridul Haque

They both submitted, "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves; so if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, then surely, we are of the losers."

Hilali - Khan

They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers."

Syed Vickar Ahamed

They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If You will not forgive us and grant from your Mercy upon us, We shall certainly be losers."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Both of them submitted: ‘O our Lord! We have wronged our souls. And if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall certainly be amongst the losers.

John Medows Rodwell

They said, "O our Lord! With ourselves have we dealt unjustly: if thou forgive us not and have pity on us, we shall surely be of those who perish."

Maududi

Both cried out: ´Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and do not have mercy on us, we shall surely be among the losers.´

Hamid S. Aziz

They said, "O our Lord! We have wronged our own souls - and if you do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall surely be of those who are lost!"

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

They both said: Our Lord! We did wrong to ourselves. And if Thou wilt not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will, certainly, be among the ones who are losers.

George Sale

They answered, O Lord, we have dealt unjustly with our own souls; and if thou forgive us not, and be not merciful unto us, we shall surely be of those who perish

Fode Drame

They both said, “O our Lord! We have wronged our own souls and if You do not forgive us and grant us Your mercy, surely we will be of those who have gone in loss.”

Muhammad Sarwar

They replied, "Lord, we have done injustice to our souls. If You will not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall certainly have incurred a great loss."

Dr. Munir Munshey

Both of them cried out, "Our Lord, we committed a sin against ourselves! Now, if You did not forgive us, and have mercy on us, we would surely be the losers."

Mir Aneesuddin

They said, "Our Fosterer ! we have been unjust to ourselves and if You do not protectively forgive us and have mercy on us we will definitely be of those who are at loss."

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

They (B) said: "Our Lord, We caused injustice/oppressed ourselves, and if You do not forgive for us, and You have mercy upon us, we will be/become from the losers ."

Ali Ünal

They said (straightaway): "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and do not have mercy on us, we will surely be among those who have lost!"

Munir Mezyed

They said: "Our Lord, we have wronged our own selves, and if You do not forgive and show clemency toward us, we will definitely be of those who are doomed to eternal perdition."

Muhammad Asad

The two replied: "O our Sustainer! We have sinned against ourselves -and unless Thou grant us forgiveness and bestow Thy mercy upon us, we shall most certainly be lost!"

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They both said, "Our Lord, we have done an injustice to ourselves; and in case You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, indeed we (both) will definitely be among the losers."

MunirMezyed2023

They said: "Our Lord, we have been unfair ourselves. But If it happens that You do not forgive us and bestow Your Mercy upon us, we will definitely be of those who are doomed to perdition."

Amatul Rahman Omar

Both of them said, `Our Lord! we have done injustice to our souls, and if You do not protect us (against the consequences of our faults) and do not have mercy on us, we shall surely be of the losers.

Dr. Kamal Omar

Both said: “Our Nourisher-Sustainer! We have transgressed against ourselves. And if You do not bestow forgiveness for us and bestow not upon us Mercy, surely we shall become out of the losers.”

Bijan Moeinian

Both of them [unlike Satan who did not show any regret for his disobedience] said: "Lord, we have done a great injustice to ourselves. If you do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will be the losers."

Shabbir Ahmed

They said, "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. Unless You forgive us and have mercy on us, we will certainly be lost." (Man and woman accepted responsibility acknowledging that they had free will as against Satan who had ascribed his disobedience to the Will of Allah (7:16)