The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
Page #205
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وَمَا
كَانَ
اسْتِغْفَارُ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ
لِأَبِيهِ
إِلَّا
عَن
مَّوْعِدَةٍ
وَعَدَهَا
إِيَّاهُ
فَلَمَّا
تَبَيَّنَ
لَهُ
أَنَّهُ
عَدُوٌّ
لِّلَّهِ
تَبَرَّأَ
مِنْهُ
إِنَّ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ
لَأَوَّاهٌ
حَلِيمٌ
wa-mā kāna stighfāru ʾibrāhīma li-ʾabīhi ʾillā ʿan mawʿidatin waʿadahā ʾiyyāhu fa-lammā tabayyana lahū ʾannahū ʿaduwwun li-llāhi tabarraʾa minhu ʾinna ʾibrāhīma la-ʾawwāhun ḥalīmun
And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy to Allah, he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was most tender-hearted, forbearing.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Abraham’s pleading forgiveness for his father was only to fulfill a promise he had made him. So when it became manifest to him that he was an enemy of God, he repudiated him. Indeed Abraham was most plaintive and forbearing.
