Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 114
وَمَا كَانَ ٱسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥٓ أَنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ ۚ إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَأَوَّٰهٌ حَلِيمٌ
And the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to him [i.e., Abraham] that he [i.e., the father] was an enemy to Allāh, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.
At-Tawbah · 9:114
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- ٱسْتِغْفَارُis'tigh'fāru(the) asking of forgiveness
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(by) Ibrahim
- لِأَبِيهِli-abīhifor his father
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- عَنʿanbecause
- مَّوْعِدَةٍۢmawʿidatin(of) a promise
- وَعَدَهَآwaʿadahāhe had promised it
- إِيَّاهُiyyāhu(to) him
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- تَبَيَّنَtabayyanait became clear
- لَهُۥٓlahuto him
- أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
- عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun(was) an enemy
- لِّلَّهِlillahito Allah
- تَبَرَّأَtabarra-ahe disassociated
- مِنْهُ ۚmin'hufrom him
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
- لَأَوَّٰهٌla-awwāhun(was) compassionate
- حَلِيمٌۭḥalīmunforbearing
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