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At-Tawbah 80

Ayah 80 of 129 · Medinan

ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ أَوۡ لَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ إِن تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ سَبۡعِينَ مَرَّةٗ فَلَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٨٠

Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muḥammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allāh forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger, and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡAsk forgivenessis'taghfir
  2. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  3. أَوۡoraw
  4. لَا(do) notlā
  5. تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡask forgivenesstastaghfir
  6. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  7. إِنIfin
  8. تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡyou ask forgivenesstastaghfir
  9. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  10. سَبۡعِينَseventysabʿīna
  11. مَرَّةٗtimesmarratan
  12. فَلَنneverfalan
  13. يَغۡفِرَwill Allah forgiveyaghfira
  14. ٱللَّهُwill Allah forgivel-lahu
  15. لَهُمۡۚ[for] themlahum
  16. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  17. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) because theybi-annahum
  18. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  19. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  20. وَرَسُولِهِۦۗand His Messengerwarasūlihi
  21. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  22. لَا(does) notlā
  23. يَهۡدِيguideyahdī
  24. ٱلۡقَوۡمَthe peoplel-qawma
  25. ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَthe defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqīna

Tafsir

Allah will never forgive the hypocrites, even if the Messenger was to ask for their forgiveness, because they do not deserve to be forgiven, nno matter how much forgiveness is sought for them. They disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and they deliberately oppose Allah’s sacred law.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran