Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 114 (9:114)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

وَمَا كَانَ ٱسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا …

Quran 9:114 is ayah 114 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 205 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:114
وَمَاكَانَٱسْتِغْفَارُإِبْرَٰهِيمَلِأَبِيهِإِلَّاعَنمَّوْعِدَةٍوَعَدَهَآإِيَّاهُفَلَمَّاتَبَيَّنَلَهُۥٓأَنَّهُۥعَدُوٌّلِّلَّهِتَبَرَّأَمِنْهُ ۚإِنَّإِبْرَٰهِيمَلَأَوَّٰهٌحَلِيمٌ١١٤
wamā kāna is'tigh'fāru ib'rāhīma li-abīhi illā ʿan mawʿidatin waʿadahā iyyāhu falammā tabayyana lahu annahu ʿaduwwun lillahi tabarra-a min'hu inna ib'rāhīma la-awwāhun ḥalīmun

And the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to him [i.e., Abraham] that he [i.e., the father] was an enemy to Allāh, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.(114)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānawas
  3. ٱسْتِغْفَارُis'tigh'fāru(the) asking of forgiveness
  4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(by) Ibrahim
  5. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhifor his father
  6. إِلَّاillāexcept
  7. عَنʿanbecause
  8. مَّوْعِدَةٍmawʿidatin(of) a promise
  9. وَعَدَهَآwaʿadahāhe had promised it
  10. إِيَّاهُiyyāhu(to) him
  11. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
  12. تَبَيَّنَtabayyanait became clear
  13. لَهُۥٓlahuto him
  14. أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
  15. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(was) an enemy
  16. لِّلَّهِlillahito Allah
  17. تَبَرَّأَtabarra-ahe disassociated
  18. مِنْهُ ۚmin'hufrom him
  19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  20. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
  21. لَأَوَّٰهٌla-awwāhun(was) compassionate
  22. حَلِيمٌḥalīmunforbearing

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