Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Yusuf, Ayah 97

Yusuf · Ayah 97 · View Ayah
قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا خَٰطِـِٔينَ
They said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(They said) his children and grandchildren said: (O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for us) ask Allah to forgive our sins, (for lo! we were sinful) we were wrong-doers and disobedient towards Allah.

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They said ‘O our father ask forgiveness for us of our sins; truly we have been sinful’.

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