اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
Whether you plead forgiveness for them or do not plead forgiveness for them, even if you plead forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah shall never forgive them because they defied Allah and His Apostle; and Allah does not guide the transgressing lot.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 9:80
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 9:80] Aqa Mahdi Puya says: The Holy Prophet did not ever think of asking forgiveness for the hypocrites and the disbelievers. Verses 2, 3 and 4 of Najm have laid down the indisputable principle-he errs not, nor is led astray; nor he speaks of his own inclination; it is but revelation revealed. He followed nothing but the divine guidance. To lay emphasis on the impossibility of awarding pardon to the hypocrites and the infidels Allah prevents the Holy Prophet in this verse from asking forgiveness for them, by using the word seventy which according to the usage of Arabic language implies indefinitely much.