آلِ عِمْرَان : ١٤٧

  • وَمَا And not
  • كَانَ were
  • قَوۡلَهُمۡ their words
  • إِلَّآ except
  • أَن that
  • قَالُواْ they said
  • رَبَّنَا Our Lord
  • ٱغۡفِرۡ forgive
  • لَنَا for us
  • ذُنُوبَنَا our sins
  • وَإِسۡرَافَنَا and our excesses
  • فِيٓ in
  • أَمۡرِنَا our affairs
  • وَثَبِّتۡ and make firm
  • أَقۡدَامَنَا our feet
  • وَٱنصُرۡنَا and give us victory
  • عَلَى against
  • ٱلۡقَوۡمِ [the people]
  • ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ the disbelievers
And their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."
All that they said, when their prophet had been killed while they stood their ground and were steadfast, was, 'Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our excesses, our overstepping the bounds, in our affairs, a declaration of the fact that what had befallen them was the result of their evil actions and a humbling of their selves, and make firm our feet, with strength for the struggle, and help us against the unbelieving folk'.