The Repentance
9. At-Tawbah
التوبة
al-Tawbah (Repentance)
ٱلتَّوْبَة
9:114
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
There was no other reason for Abraham to seek forgiveness from God for his father except the promise that he had made with him. When Abraham knew that his father was an enemy of God, he disowned his father. Abraham was very tender-hearted and forbearing.
