Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:113

9:113

مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِىِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى قُرْبَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

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

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.

— Saheeh International

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:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allâh’s Forgiveness for the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in a state of disbelief).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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مَاmāNot
كَانَkāna(it) is
لِلنَّبِىِّlilnnabiyyifor the Prophet
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
أَنanthat
يَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟yastaghfirūthey ask forgiveness
لِلْمُشْرِكِينَlil'mush'rikīnafor the polytheists
وَلَوْwalaweven though
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey be
أُو۟لِىulīnear of kin
قُرْبَىٰqur'bānear of kin
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَاmā[what]
تَبَيَّنَtabayyanahas become clear
لَهُمْlahumto them
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(of) the Hellfire