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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 114

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وما كان استغفار ابراهيم لابيه الا عن موعدة وعدها اياه فلما تبين له انه عدو لله تبرا منه ان ابراهيم لاواه حليم

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 God, he Dissociated himself from him: For Abraham was most Tender-hearted, forbearing.

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  • Verse 114 of 129
  • Juz 11
  • Page 205

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَwaskāna
  3. ٱسْتِغْفَارُ(the) asking of forgivenessis'tigh'fāru
  4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَ(by) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  5. لِأَبِيهِfor his fatherli-abīhi
  6. إِلَّاexceptillā
  7. عَنbecauseʿan
  8. مَّوْعِدَةٍۢ(of) a promisemawʿidatin
  9. وَعَدَهَآhe had promised itwaʿadahā
  10. إِيَّاهُ(to) himiyyāhu
  11. فَلَمَّاBut whenfalammā
  12. تَبَيَّنَit became cleartabayyana
  13. لَهُۥٓto himlahu
  14. أَنَّهُۥthat heannahu
  15. عَدُوٌّۭ(was) an enemyʿaduwwun
  16. لِّلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  17. تَبَرَّأَhe disassociatedtabarra-a
  18. مِنْهُ ۚfrom himmin'hu
  19. إِنَّIndeedinna
  20. إِبْرَٰهِيمَIbrahimib'rāhīma
  21. لَأَوَّٰهٌ(was) compassionatela-awwāhun
  22. حَلِيمٌۭforbearingḥalīmun

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