سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 51
إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿51﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Verily we really hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, as we are the first of the believers [in Mûsâ (Moses) and in the Monotheism which he has brought from Allâh]."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
نَطْمَعُ
naṭmaʿu
hope
أَن
an
that
يَغْفِرَ
yaghfira
will forgive
لَنَا
lanā
us
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
our Lord
خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ
khaṭāyānā
our sins
أَن
an
because
كُنَّآ
kunnā
we are
أَوَّلَ
awwala
(the) first
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
(of) the believers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
51-1. The phrase أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ is used in this sense because the people of Pharaoh did not become Muslim, and they was the first to accept faith among them.
