They said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners." (Yusuf [12] : 97)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
They said, “Our father, pray to Allah to forgive us our sins. Surely, we have been guilty.”
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They begged, “O our father! Pray for the forgiveness of our sins. We have certainly been sinful.”
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
They said, “O our father, pray to Allah to forgive us our sins; we were certainly mistaken.”
4 A. J. Arberry
They said, 'Our father, ask forgiveness of our crimes for us; for certainly we have been sinful.'
5 Abdul Haleem
The [brothers] said, ‘Father, ask God to forgive our sins- we were truly in the wrong.’
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: our father! pray for forgiveness of our sins for us; verily we have been sinners.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They said; "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we were truly at fault."
8 Abul Ala Maududi
They said: "Father! Pray for the forgiveness of our sins; we were truly guilty."
9 Ahmed Ali
Said (the sons): "O our father, pray for us that our sins be forgiven, for we are really sinners."
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
They said, “O our father! Seek forgiveness for our sins, for we were indeed guilty.”
11 Ali Quli Qarai
They said, ‘Father! Plead [with Allah] for forgiveness of our sins! We have indeed been erring.’
12 Ali Ünal
(Jacob’s sons confessed what they had done.) They said: "O our father! Ask God to forgive us our sins; surely we have been sinful."
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `Our father! pray that our sins are forgiven to us, for certainly we have been sinful.´
14 English Literal
They said: "You, our father ask for forgiveness for us for our crimes, that we were sinners/mistaken/erroneous
15 Faridul Haque
They said, "O our father! Seek forgiveness for our sins, for we were indeed guilty."
16 Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "O our father! Ask pardon for us of our sins; verily, we were sinners
17 Hilali & Khan
They said: "O our father! Ask forgiveness (from Allah) for our sins, indeed we have been sinners."
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
Then when the bearer of good news came, he cast it before his face so he became certain. He said: Did I not say to you that I know from Allah what you know not?
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
They said: O our father! ask forgiveness of our faults for us, surely we were sinners.
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
They said: O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for us, for lo! we were sinful.
21 Muhammad Sarwar
They said, "Father, ask God to forgive our sins; we have certainly sinned".
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
His sons said: 'Father, ask forgiveness for our sins. We have indeed been sinners'
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
They said: "O our father! Ask forgiveness (from Allah) for our sins, indeed we have been sinners."
24 Wahiduddin Khan
They said, "O our father! Ask forgiveness for our sins -- we were truly in the wrong."
25 Talal Itani
They said, “Father, pray for the forgiveness of our sins; we were indeed at fault.”
26 Tafsir jalalayn
They said, `O our father, ask forgiveness for us of our sins; truly we have been sinful'.
There said the ten –guilty- sons to their father: "O father, invoke Allah's forgiveness on our behalf for what We committed of sinful deeds; we were indeed wrongful of actions