Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 109 (23:109)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِى يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا …

Quran 23:109 is ayah 109 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 349 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:109
إِنَّهُۥكَانَفَرِيقٌمِّنْعِبَادِىيَقُولُونَرَبَّنَآءَامَنَّافَٱغْفِرْلَنَاوَٱرْحَمْنَاوَأَنتَخَيْرُٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ١٠٩
innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna

Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'(109)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed
  2. كَانَkāna(there) was
  3. فَرِيقٌfarīquna party
  4. مِّنْminof
  5. عِبَادِىʿibādīMy slaves
  6. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(who) said
  7. رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
  8. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
  9. فَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgive
  10. لَنَاlanāus
  11. وَٱرْحَمْنَاwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
  12. وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
  13. خَيْرُkhayru(are) best
  14. ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna(of) those who show mercy

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