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قَالُوا يَا أَبَانَا اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِئِينَ

Transliteration:

Qaloo ya abana istaghfir lana thunoobana inna kunna khati-eena

Word by Word:

They said, "O our father! Ask forgiveness for us (of) our sins. Indeed, we have been sinners."

Translations:

[His sons] answered: "O our father! Ask God to forgive us our sins, for, verily, we were sinners."

They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we were truly at fault."

They said: O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for us, for lo! we were sinful.

They said: O our father, ask forgiveness of our sins for us, surely we are sinners.

They said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."