← Surah 12

12:91

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ ءَاثَرَكَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِن كُنَّا لَخَـٰطِـِٔينَ

Word by word

قَالُوا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
تَٱللَّهِ
By Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
تَPreposition — preposition، prefix
ٱللَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
لَقَدْ
certainly
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
قَدْPreposition — particle of certainty
ءَاثَرَكَ
Allah has preferred you
Verb
Root: أثر
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَاثَرَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
ٱللَّهُ
Allah has preferred you
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNoun — proper noun، nominative
عَلَيْنَا
over us
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَيْPreposition — preposition
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
وَإِن
and indeed
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِنPreposition — conditional
كُنَّا
we have been
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كُVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَّاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
لَخَٰطِـِٔينَ
sinners
Noun
Root: خطأ
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
خَٰطِـِٔينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، accusative

Translation

EN

They said: "By Allah! indeed has Allah preferred thee above us, and we certainly have been guilty of sin!"

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

They said, ‘By God! God really did favour you over all of us and we were in the wrong!’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

They said: By Allah, verily Allah hath preferred thee above us, and we were indeed sinful.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

They said, "By Allāh, certainly has Allāh preferred you over us, and indeed, we have been sinners."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

"Allah'a yemin ederiz ki, Allah seni bizden üstün tutmuştur; doğrusu biz suç işlemiştik" dediler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Dediler ki: "Allah'a yemin olsun, Allah seni bize üstün kıldı. Biz gerçekten de büyük hata işlemiştik".

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Kardeşleri): “Allah’a yemin olsun: Şüphesiz ki Allah seni bize üstün kılmış. Biz ise hataya düşmüşüz.” demişlerdi.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قالوا: تالله لقد فَضَّلك الله علينا وأعزَّك بالعلم والحلم والفضل، وإن كنا لخاطئين بما فعلناه عمدًا بك وبأخيك.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Oneness of God