Quran 9:80 — At-Tawba, verse 80
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It makes no difference [Prophet] whether you ask forgiveness for them or not: God will not forgive them even if you ask seventy times, because they reject God and His Messenger. God does not guide those who rebel against Him.
اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
is'taghfir lahum aw lā tastaghfir lahum in tastaghfir lahum sabʿīna marratan falan yaghfira l-lahu lahum dhālika bi-annahum kafarū bil-lahi warasūlihi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ask pardon for them, or ask not pardon for them; if thou askest pardon for them seventy times, God will not pardon them; that, because they disbelieved in God and His Messenger; God guides not the people of the ungodly.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And] whether thou dost pray [unto God] that they be forgiven or dost not pray for them - [it will all be the same: for even] if thou wert to pray seventy times that they be forgiven, God will not forgive them, seeing that they are bent on denying God and His Apostle. And God does not bestow His guidance upon such iniquitous folk.
- Sahih International
- Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muḥammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allāh forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allāh and His Messenger, and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱسْتَغْفِرْis'taghfir | Ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 2 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 3 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 4 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 5 | تَسْتَغْفِرْtastaghfir | ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 6 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 7 | إِنin | If | — |
| 8 | تَسْتَغْفِرْtastaghfir | you ask forgiveness | غفر |
| 9 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 10 | سَبْعِينَsabʿīna | seventy | سبع |
| 11 | مَرَّةًۭmarratan | times | مرر |
| 12 | فَلَنfalan | never | — |
| 13 | يَغْفِرَyaghfira | will Allah forgive | غفر |
| 14 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | will Allah forgive | أله |
| 15 | لَهُمْ ۚlahum | [for] them | — |
| 16 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 17 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | (is) because they | — |
| 18 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 19 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۗwarasūlihi | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 21 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | and Allah | أله |
| 22 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 23 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 24 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 25 | ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīna | the defiantly disobedient | فسق |