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Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 149

وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِىٓ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(7:149:1)
(7:149:2)
suqiṭa
(it was made to) fall
(7:149:3)
(7:149:4)
aydīhim
their hands
(7:149:5)
wara-aw
and they saw
(7:149:6)
(7:149:7)
(7:149:8)
ḍallū
ne astray
(7:149:9)
qālū
they said
(7:149:10)
(7:149:11)
(7:149:12)
yarḥamnā
has Mercy on us
(7:149:13)
rabbunā
Our Lord
(7:149:14)
wayaghfir
and forgive
(7:149:15)
(7:149:16)
lanakūnanna
we will surely be
(7:149:17)
(7:149:18)
l-khāsirīna
the losers

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Explanatory Note

Eventually, the farce died down, the truth was clear to all, and it was plain to everyone how far into stupid error they had sunk. Error gave way to remorse: “When they were later afflicted with remorse, having realized that they had gone astray, they said: ‘If our Lord does not have mercy on us and forgive us, we shall certainly be losers.’” (Verse 149)
 
The original Arabic statement gives an impression that they were at a total loss, unable to determine how to get out of the trouble in which they had landed themselves. They realized that this relapse could not be corrected, because it had actually taken place. Hence, their admission: “If our Lord does not have mercy on us and forgive us, we shall certainly be losers.” (Verse 149) This statement suggests that they had still retained some willingness to follow the right guidance. Their hearts had not yet hardened to the extent of their being harder than stones, as God describes them in the Qur’ān (2: 74). When they recognized their error, they were afflicted with remorse and realized that they could only be saved by God’s mercy.
 

 

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A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of Surah 6: al-An’am (The Grazing Livestock), i.e. the last year of the Prophet's life at Makkah, but it cannot be asserted with certainty which of these two were sent down earlier. The manner of its admonition clearly indicates that it belongs to the same period. [Ref: Mawdudi]

It is considered the longest surah revealed during the Makkan period. Some consider this surah to have been revealed after Surah 38: Sad. [Ref: Tafsir al-Maudheei, Dr. Mustafah Muslim, vol. 3, p. 2]

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