Surah Yusuf 12:98 — translation and meaning

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ۖ قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّي إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Word by Word

ۖ
قَالَ
qala
He said
سَوْفَ
sawfa
Soon
أَسْتَغْفِرُ
astaghfiru
I will ask forgiveness
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
رَبِّي
rabbi
(from) my Lord
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed He
هُوَ
huwa
He
الْغَفُورُ
al-ghafuru
(is) the Oft-Forgiving
الرَّحِيمُ
al-rahimu
the Most Merciful

Transliteration

Qaala sawfa astaghfiru lakum Rabbeee innahoo Huwal Ghafoorur Raheem

Translation

He said, "I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Their father said to them that he would ask for forgiveness for them from his Lord. Truly, He is Forgiving of the sins of those of His servants who repent to Him, and is Compassionate with them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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