# 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 18 - **Surah:** 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) — سورة الذاريات - **Verse:** 18 / 60 · **Juz:** 26 · **Mushaf page:** 520 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-18 ## Arabic وَبِالْاَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ## Transcription Wabil-ashari humyastaghfiroon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley and they would seek forgiveness before the dawn. ### Progressive Muslims And before dawn, they would seek forgiveness. ### Shabbir Ahmed And heartily sought to be guarded against their imperfections. ('Sahr' = Morning = Core of the heart (Lisanal Arab). 'Ghafarah' = Helmet = Guarding). ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And before the break of day they would ask forgiveness, ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And before dawn, they would seek forgiveness. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament At dawn, they prayed for forgiveness. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira And every morning asked forgiveness, ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness, ### Muhammad Asad and would pray for forgiveness from their innermost hearts; ### Marmaduke Pickthall And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness, ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary and would ask for forgiveness at dawn,[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] That is they did not belong to those who spent their nights in immoral and indecent acts and even then never thought of seeking Allah’s forgiveness. On the contrary, they spent a major part of the nights in the worship of Allah and then in the early hours of dawn sought His forgiveness, saying that they did not do full justice to the worship that was due from them. The words humyastaghfirun also contain an allusion to this that it befitted and suited them alone that they should exert their utmost in the service of their Lord and then, at the same time, should implore Him humbly for the forgiveness of their errors and shortcomings instead of exulting at and waging proud of their good acts. This could not be the way of those shameless, wicked people who committed sin and behaved arrogantly as well. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab And they entreated Allah humbly when the stars became invisible at the gleam of dawn: "O Allah they prayed, to err is human, to forgive is divine. We beseech your forgiveness of our errors and our iniquities if we had inadvertently done any". ### Bijan Moeinian And around dawn ask their Lord for forgiveness. ### Al-Hilali & Khan And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allâh) for forgiveness. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for Forgiveness; ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran and pray for forgiveness before dawn.[1] ### Taqi Usmani and in the hours before dawn they used to pray for forgiveness, ### Abdul Haleem praying at dawn for God’s forgiveness, ### Arthur John Arberry and in the mornings they would ask for forgiveness; ### E. Henry Palmer and at the dawn they asked forgiveness. ### Hamid S. Aziz And in the morning they prayed for forgiveness. ### Mahmoud Ghali And before dawn, it is they (who) would seek forgiveness. ### George Sale and early in the morning they asked pardon of God: ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And in the hours of early dawn, they (were found) praying for Forgiveness; ### Amatul Rahman Omar Also in the hours of the early dawn as well they were (found) praying for His protection. ### Ali Quli Qarai and at dawns they would plead for forgiveness,. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Seherlerde istiğfar ederlerdi. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Onlar, seher vakitlerinde istiğfar ederlerdi. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Seher vakitlerinde de Allah'tan af dilerlerdi. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Seherlerde bağışlama dilerlerdi. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ve seher vakıtları hep istiğfar ederlerdi ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Seher vakitlerinde hep bağışlanma dilerlerdi. ### Gültekin Onan Onlar, seher vakitlerinde istiğfar ederlerdi. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Sehar vakıflarında da onlar istiğfar ederlerdi. ### İbni Kesir Seher vakitlerinde de istiğfar ederlerdi. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı bağışlanmak için kalplerinin derinliğinden gelerek yalvarırlardı; ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Seherleri de onlar mağfiret diliyorlardı. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Seherlerde onlar istiğfar ederlerdi, ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Seher vakitlerinde af dilemekteydi onlar. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an ve seher vakitlerinde ta yürekten Allah'a yalvarırlardı, ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Onlar seher vakitlerinde bağışlanma dilerlerdi. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Güneşin doğmasına yakın zamanlarda da bağışlanma dilerlerdi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Seher vakitlerinde bağışlanma dilerler. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Seher vakitlerinde de bağışlanma dilerler(di).[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Müminlerin geceyi değerlendirmesiyle ilgili bkz. Al-i İmrân 3:17, 113; İsrâ 17:79; Tâhâ 20:130; Furkân 25:64; Secde 32:16; Zümer 39:9; Kâf 50:39; Zâriyât 51:16-18; Tûr 52:49; Müzzemmil 73:2-4, 20; İnsân 76:26. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Onlar seher vakitlerinde bağışlanma dilerlerdi. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Onlar seher vakitlerinde bağışlanma dilerlerdi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali seher vakitlerinde de bağışlanma dilerlerdi[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Al-i İmran 3/17.](https://quran.so/3/17) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ — wabil-asḥāri | And in the hours before dawn | سحر — Sin-Ha-Ra | | 2 | هُمْ — hum | they | — | | 3 | يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ — yastaghfirūna | would ask forgiveness | غفر — Gayn-Fe-Ra | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-17.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-19.md Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.