The Quran

سورة یُوسُف

Surah Yûsuf 12:97

Joseph · Verse 97 of 111

قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِئِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They said, `Our father! pray that our sins are forgiven to us, for certainly we have been sinful.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we were truly at fault.

Ahmed Ali

Said (the sons): "O our father, pray for us that our sins be forgiven, for we are really sinners."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

(Jacob’s sons confessed what they had done.) They said: "O our father! Ask God to forgive us our sins; surely we have been sinful."

Daryabadi

They said: our father! pray for forgiveness of our sins for us; verily we have been sinners.

Faridul Haque

They said, "O our father! Seek forgiveness for our sins, for we were indeed guilty."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: O our father, ask forgiveness of our sins for us, surely we are sinners.

Maulvi Sher Ali

They said, `O our father, ask of ALLAH forgiveness of our sins for us; we have indeed been sinners.'

Muhammad Asad

[His sons] answered: "O our father! Ask God to forgive us our sins, for, verily, we were sinners."

Muhammad Musin Khan

They said: "O our father! Ask forgiveness (from Allah) for our sins, indeed we have been sinners."

Muhammad Pickthall

They said: O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for us, for lo! we were sinful.

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "Father, ask God to forgive our sins; we have certainly sinned".

Muhammed ali Shakir

They said: O our father! ask forgiveness of our faults for us, surely we were sinners.

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "Our father, pray for our forgiveness; we were wrong indeed."

Shabbir Ahmed

They said, “O Our father! Ask forgiveness for us, for we trailed behind in your obedience, we were at fault.”