Quran Ayah Nuh (Noah) 71:10 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and I said: "'Ask your Sustainer to forgive you your sins - for, verily, He is all-forgiving

Arthur John Arberry

and I said, "Ask you forgiveness of your Lord; surely He is ever All-forgiving

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving

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Arabic

فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارࣰا ۝١٠

Transliteration (2021)

faqul'tu is'taghfirū rabbakum innahu kāna ghaffāra

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

Then I said, "Ask forgiveness (from) your Lord. Indeed, He is Oft-Forgiving.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and I said: "'Ask your Sustainer to forgive you your sins - for, verily, He is all-forgiving

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving

M. M. Pickthall

And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.

Wahiduddin Khan

Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Surely He is the most forgiving

Safi Kaskas

and said, ‘Ask forgiveness of your Lord. He is ever forgiving.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And I said: Ask for forgiveness of your Lord. Truly, He had been a Forgiver.

T.B.Irving

and said: ´Seek forgiveness from your Lord; He has been so Forgiving.

Shakir

Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving

Abdul Hye

I said (to them): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord; He is Forgiving

Saeed Malik

[In all those ways] I said, "Seek forgiveness from your Rabb. HE is ever the source of all forgiveness.

The Study Quran

I said, ‘Seek forgiveness of your Lord! Truly He is Forgiving

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

I said, "Seek forgiveness from your Lord. He has always been Most Forgiving.

Talal Itani (2012)

I said, 'Ask your Lord for forgiveness; He is Forgiving

M. Farook Malik

saying: "Seek forgiveness of your Lord, He is ever ready to forgive you

Dr. Kamal Omar

so I said (to them) : ask forgiveness from your Nourisher-Sustainer; certainly He is Oft-Forgiving

Dr. Munir Munshey

"I said, ´seek forgiveness from your Lord. Indeed, He is Oft-Forgiving!´"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Saying to them, ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Often Forgiving (Ghafa'r)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver

Muhammad Sarwar

and told them, "Ask forgiveness from your Lord; He is All-forgiving"

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So I said, ‘Pray to your Lord for your forgiveness,__ Indeed He is Very-Forgiving, _

Shabbir Ahmed

And I have said, "Seek forgiveness of your Lord. Behold, He is ever Forgiving

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So I have said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord; surely He has been (The) Superb Forgiver

Hamid S. Aziz

"And I have said, ´Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving

Abdel Haleem

I said, “Ask forgiveness of your Lord: He is ever forgiving

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And I said: ask forgiveness of your Lord; verily He is ever Most Forgiving

Ahmed Ali

And I told them: 'Ask your Lord to forgive you. He is verily forgiving

Aisha Bewley

I said, "Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Truly He is Endlessly Forgiving.

Ali Ünal

"I have said: ‘Ask your Lord for forgiveness, for surely He has always been All-Forgiving

Ali Quli Qara'i

telling [them]: ‘‘Plead to your Lord for forgiveness. Indeed He is all-forgiver

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And I said: Seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He is forgiving.

Musharraf Hussain

I told them, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness; He is Most Forgiving

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

“Saying, ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord, for He is Oft-Forgiving

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

then I said: “Ask forgiveness from your Lord, indeed He is very forgiving,

Maududi

I said to them: "Ask forgiveness from your Lord; surely He is Most Forgiving

Mohammad Shafi

"And I said, `Ask your Lord to forgive you. He is indeed most forgiving!'"

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And I said, 'beg forgiveness of your Lord, He is Most Forgiving.

Rashad Khalifa

"I said, `Implore your Lord for forgiveness; He is Forgiving.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

"Ask for forgiveness of your Lord," I said. "Surely, He is the Forgiver

Faridul Haque

“I therefore told them, ‘Seek forgiveness from your Lord; He is indeed Most Forgiving.’

Bijan Moeinian

I urged them to seek forgiveness in Lord, the Most Forgiving

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So I have said: Ask forgiveness of your Lord; surely He is ever Forgiving

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So I said: 'Ask for forgiveness (from) your Lord, that He truly was/is a forgiver/often, forgiving.

Sher Ali

And I said, `Seek forgiveness of your Lord; for HE is the Great Forgiver

Edip Yuksel

"I said, Seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He was forgiving."

Amatul Rahman Omar

`And I said, "Seek the protection of your Lord for He is Great Protector as ever

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then I said: ‘Seek forgiveness from your Lord. Surely, He is Most Forgiving

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

"I said (to them): Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

"Seek forgiveness of your Lord," I said. "He is ever ready to forgive

Arthur John Arberry

and I said, "Ask you forgiveness of your Lord; surely He is ever All-forgiving

Edward Henry Palmer

and I said, "Ask forgiveness of your Lord, verily, He is very forgiving

George Sale

And I said, beg pardon of your Lord; for He is inclined to forgive

John Medows Rodwell

And I said, Beg forgiveness of your Lord, for He is ready to forgive

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Fa) said (Qul'tu), "Seek the forgiveness (Es'tag'firu') of your LORD (Rabba-kum); indeed, HE (Innahu) is (Kaana) a Forgiver (Gaffaaraa).

Fode Drame

So I told them, “Seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He truly is Oft-Forgiving.

Munir Mezyed

“Ask your Lord for forgiveness, I said. “Verily He is Oft-Forgiving.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And I said: seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He is forgiving.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

“(I have said), ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord, for He is Most Forgiving.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and I said, ‘Ask your Lord for forgiveness–indeed, He has always been Forgiving.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and said: 'Seek forgiveness from your Lord; He has been so Forgiving.

Samy Mahdy

So, I said, ask your Lord forgiveness; Surely, He is a Forgiver.

Ali Quli Qarai

telling [them]: ‘‘Plead to your Lord for forgiveness. Indeed, He is all-forgiving.

Ahmed Hulusi

I said, “Ask forgiveness of your Rabb... Indeed, He is the Gaffar.”

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

I said (to them): Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

A. S. Mohamed

I said, 'Ask your Lord for forgiveness. Indeed, He is Forgiving.

Mir Aneesuddin

then I said: Seek protective forgiveness of your Fosterer, He is certainly Protectively Forgiving,

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

I said to them: "Invoke your Creator's forgiveness; He has always been Forgiving and has always relented, and quit those who solemnly repented, all His debt"

The Wise Quran Project

Then I said, "Ask your Lord for forgiveness; indeed, He is very forgiving.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"And I said: Seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He was forgiving.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

"And I said: Seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He was forgiving."

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then I said, "Ask forgiveness (from) your Lord. Indeed, He is Oft-Forgiving

OLD Transliteration

Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

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