Surah Al Imran ayat 16 Tafsir Quran 3:16

﴿الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ﴾
[ آل عمران: 16]

3:16 Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,"

Those alladhīna is either an adjectival qualification of or a substitution for the previous alladhīna who say “O Our Lord we believe in You and in Your Prophet; so forgive us our sins and guard us from the chastisement of the Fire”.

He knows and spiritually sustains those whose hearts have been touched by the divine hand, who are vested with the cardinal virtues, expressing their thoughts in words to pray Allah for forgiveness. Thus, they say: O Allah, our Creator, our hearts have been impressed with the image of religious and spiritual virtues, we pray and beseech You to forgive our iniquities and ensure our immunity from the fire

The Supplication and Description of Al-Muttaqin Allah describes the Muttaqin, His pious servants, whom He promised tremendous rewards, الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا ( Those who say: "Our Lord! We have indeed believed" ) in You, Your Book and Your Messenger. فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا ( so forgive us our sins ) because of our faith in You and in what You legislated for us.
Therefore, forgive us our errors and shortcomings, with Your bounty and mercy, وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ ( and save us from the punishment of the Fire. ) Allah then said, الصَّـبِرِينَ ( (They are ) those who are patient) while performing acts of obedience and abandoning the prohibitions. وَالصَّـدِقِينَ ( those who are true ) concerning their proclamation of faith, by performing the difficult deeds. وَالْقَـنِتِينَ ( and obedient ) meaning, they submit and obey Allah, وَالْمُنَـفِقِينَ ( those who spend ) from their wealth on all the acts of obedience they were commanded, being kind to kith and kin, helping the needy, and comforting the destitute. وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالاٌّسْحَارِ ( and those who pray and beg Allah's pardon in the last hours of the night ) and this testifies to the virtue of seeking Allah's forgiveness in the latter part of the night.
It was reported that when Ya`qub said to his children, سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّى ( I will ask my Lord for forgiveness for you ) 12:98 he waited until the latter part of the night to say his supplication. Furthermore, the Two Sahihs, the Musnad and Sunan collections recorded through several Companions that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«يَنْزِلُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالى فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ، فَيَقُولُ: هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ؟»
( Every night, when the last third of it remains, our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, descends to the lowest heaven saying, "Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may respond to his invocation Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him" ) The Two Sahihs recorded that `A'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Witr during the first part, the middle and latter parts of the night.
Then, later ( in his life ), he would perform it ( only ) during the latter part." `Abdullah bin `Umar used to pray during the night and would ask, "O Nafi`! Is it the latter part of the night yet" and if Nafi` said, "Yes," Ibn `Umar would start supplicating to Allah and seeking His forgiveness until dawn.
This Hadith was collected by Ibn Abi Hatim.

The Supplication and Description of Al-Muttaqin Allah describes the Muttaqin, His pious servants, whom He promised tremendous rewards, الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا ( Those who say: "Our Lord! We have indeed believed" ) in You, Your Book and Your Messenger. فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا ( so forgive us our sins ) because of our faith in You and in what You legislated for us.
Therefore, forgive us our errors and shortcomings, with Your bounty and mercy, وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ ( and save us from the punishment of the Fire. ) Allah then said, الصَّـبِرِينَ ( (They are ) those who are patient) while performing acts of obedience and abandoning the prohibitions. وَالصَّـدِقِينَ ( those who are true ) concerning their proclamation of faith, by performing the difficult deeds. وَالْقَـنِتِينَ ( and obedient ) meaning, they submit and obey Allah, وَالْمُنَـفِقِينَ ( those who spend ) from their wealth on all the acts of obedience they were commanded, being kind to kith and kin, helping the needy, and comforting the destitute. وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالاٌّسْحَارِ ( and those who pray and beg Allah's pardon in the last hours of the night ) and this testifies to the virtue of seeking Allah's forgiveness in the latter part of the night.
It was reported that when Ya`qub said to his children, سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّى ( I will ask my Lord for forgiveness for you ) 12:98 he waited until the latter part of the night to say his supplication. Furthermore, the Two Sahihs, the Musnad and Sunan collections recorded through several Companions that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «يَنْزِلُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالى فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرُ، فَيَقُولُ: هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ؟» ( Every night, when the last third of it remains, our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, descends to the lowest heaven saying, "Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may respond to his invocation Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him" ) The Two Sahihs recorded that `A'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Witr during the first part, the middle and latter parts of the night.
Then, later ( in his life ), he would perform it ( only ) during the latter part." `Abdullah bin `Umar used to pray during the night and would ask, "O Nafi`! Is it the latter part of the night yet" and if Nafi` said, "Yes," Ibn `Umar would start supplicating to Allah and seeking His forgiveness until dawn.
This Hadith was collected by Ibn Abi Hatim.

Allah then proceeds to describe them, saying: ( Those who say ) in the life of this world: ( Our Lord! ) O our Lord! ( Lo! we believe ) in You and in Your Messenger. ( So forgive us our sins ) that we committed in the pre-Islamic period as well as after the advent of Islam ( and guard us from the punishment of Fire ) drive away from us the punishment of hell;

Those who say: "Our Lord! We have indeed believed, so forgive us our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire."

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