Quran 9:113 — At-Tawba, verse 113
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is not fitting for the Prophet and the believers to ask forgiveness for the idolaters- even if they are related to them- after having been shown that they are the inhabitants of the Blaze:
مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَىٰ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ
mā kāna lilnnabiyyi wa-alladhīna āmanū an yastaghfirū lil'mush'rikīna walaw kānū ulī qur'bā min baʿdi mā tabayyana lahum annahum aṣḥābu l-jaḥīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is not for the Prophet and the believers to ask pardon for the idolaters, even though they be near kinsmen, after that it has become clear to them that they will be the inhabitants of Hell.
- Muhammad Asad
- IT DOES NOT behove the Prophet and those who have attained to faith to pray that they who ascribed divinity to aught beside God be forgiven [by Him] even though they happened to be [their] near of kin -after it has been made clear unto them that those [dead sinners] are destined for. the blazing fire.
- Sahih International
- It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | (it) is | كون |
| 3 | لِلنَّبِىِّlilnnabiyyi | for the Prophet | نبأ |
| 4 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 5 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 6 | أَنan | that | — |
| 7 | يَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟yastaghfirū | they ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 8 | لِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīna | for the polytheists | شرك |
| 9 | وَلَوْwalaw | even though | — |
| 10 | كَانُوٓا۟kānū | they be | كون |
| 11 | أُو۟لِىulī | near of kin | أول |
| 12 | قُرْبَىٰqur'bā | near of kin | قرب |
| 13 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 14 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 15 | مَاmā | [what] | — |
| 16 | تَبَيَّنَtabayyana | has become clear | بين |
| 17 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 18 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 19 | أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu | (are the) companions | صحب |
| 20 | ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi | (of) the Hellfire | جحم |