Muḥammad ﷺ · when you want to ask for everything in the fewest words
Forgive and have mercy
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Sūrat Al-Muminoon
23:118 - Extent
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وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ وَٱرْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Rabbi ighfir warḥam wa-ʾanta khayru ar-rāḥimīna
English · Marmaduke Pickthall And (O Muhammad) say: My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for Thou art Best of all who show mercy.
Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Resulüm! De ki: "Rabbim, bağışla ve merhamet et! Sen merhametlilerin en iyisisin."
When and why it was said
From Sūrat Al-Muminoon, 23:118. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
Qurʾān 23:118
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
And say ‘My Lord forgive and have mercy on believers — this ‘mercy’ adds to the ‘forgiveness’ in terms of God’s grace — and You are the best of the merciful’ the most excellent of those who have mercy.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com