قَالَا
رَبَّنَا
ظَلَمۡنَآ
أَنفُسَنَا
وَإِن
لَّمۡ
تَغۡفِرۡ
لَنَا
وَتَرۡحَمۡنَا
لَنَكُونَنَّ
مِنَ
ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ
٢٣
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!
— M. Pickthall
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."
— Saheeh International
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."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ
(And they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise.) "Using fig leaves." This statement has an authentic chain of narration leading to Ibn `Abbas. Mujahid said that they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise, "Making
…وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ
(And they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise.) "Using fig leaves." This stat
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