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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 113of 129

مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِىِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى قُرْبَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ﴿١١٣﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.

Word-by-word meaning

مَاmāNot
كَانَkāna(it) is
لِلنَّبِىِّlilnnabiyyifor the Prophet
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
أَنanthat
يَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟yastaghfirūthey ask forgiveness
لِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīnafor the polytheists
وَلَوْwalaweven though
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey be
أُو۟لِىulīnear of kin
قُرْبَىٰqur'bānear of kin
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَاmā[what]
تَبَيَّنَtabayyanahas become clear
لَهُمْlahumto them
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(of) the Hellfire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of supplicating for PolytheistsImam Ahmad recorded that Ibn Al-Musayyib said that his father Al-Musayyib said, "When Abu Talib was dying, the Prophet went to him and found Abu Jahl and `Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah present. The Prophet said, «أَيْ عَمِّ، قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلِّا اللهُ كَلِمَةً أُحَاجُّ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَل»(O uncle! Say, `La ilaha illa-llah,' a word concerning which I will plea for you with Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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