Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:80

9:80

ٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Whether you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites) or ask not forgiveness for them - (and even) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness - Allâh will not forgive them because they have disbelieved in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). And Allâh guides not those people who are Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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ٱسْتَغْفِرْis'taghfirAsk forgiveness
لَهُمْlahumfor them
أَوْawor
لَاlā(do) not
تَسْتَغْفِرْtastaghfirask forgiveness
لَهُمْlahumfor them
إِنinIf
تَسْتَغْفِرْtastaghfiryou ask forgiveness
لَهُمْlahumfor them
سَبْعِينَsabʿīnaseventy
مَرَّةًۭmarratantimes
فَلَنfalannever
يَغْفِرَyaghfirawill Allah forgive
ٱللَّهُl-lahuwill Allah forgive
لَهُمْۚlahum[for] them
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦۗwarasūlihiand His Messenger
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
لَاlā(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient