ٱلتَّوْبَة : ١١٤

  • وَمَا And not
  • كَانَ was
  • ٱسۡتِغۡفَارُ (the) asking of forgiveness
  • إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ (by) Ibrahim
  • لِأَبِيهِ for his father
  • إِلَّا except
  • عَن because
  • مَّوۡعِدَةٖ (of) a promise
  • وَعَدَهَآ he had promised it
  • إِيَّاهُ (to) him
  • فَلَمَّا But when
  • تَبَيَّنَ it became clear
  • لَهُۥٓ to him
  • أَنَّهُۥ that he
  • عَدُوّٞ (was) an enemy
  • لِّلَّهِ to Allah
  • تَبَرَّأَ he disassociated
  • مِنۡهُۚ from him
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ Ibrahim
  • لَأَوَّـٰهٌ (was) compassionate
  • حَلِيمٞ forbearing
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.
Abraham's prayer for the forgiveness of his father was only because of a promise he had made to him, when he said to him, I will ask my Lord forgiveness for you [Q. 19:47], in the hope that he would submit [to God]; but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of God, upon his death as an disbeliever, he declared himself innocent of him, and refrained from asking forgiveness for him; truly Abraham was soft of heart, making frequent entreaty and supplication [to God], forbearing, enduring harm patiently.