Ask forgiveness for them, [O Muhammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
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( استغفر ) يا محمد ( لهم أو لا تستغفر لهم ) تخيير له في الاستغفار وتركه قال صلى الله عليه وسلم : "" إني خيرت فاخترت يعني الاستغفار "" رواه البخاري ( إن تستغفر لهم سبعين مرة فلن يغفر الله لهم ) قيل المراد بالسبعين المبالغة في كثرة الاستغفار وفي البخاري حديث "" لو أعلم أني لو زدت على السبعين غفر لزدت عليها "" وقيل المراد العدد المخصوص لحديثه أيضاً "" وسأزيد على السبعين "" فبين له حسم المغفرة بآية [ سواء عليهم استغفرت لهم أم لم تستغفر لهم ] ( ذلك بأنهم كفروا بالله ورسوله والله لا يهدي القوم الفاسقين ) .
(Forgiveness) O Muhammad (them or do not ask for forgiveness for them), given a choice has to ask for forgiveness and left said peace be upon him: "" I Khairat I chose means asking for forgiveness "," Bukhari (if forgiveness for them seventy times will God forgive them) is said to be Basbaan exaggerated Frequent seek forgiveness in Bukhari talk "" If I know that I would increase to seventy forgiven to increase it, "" It was said to be the number proprioceptive to talk too "and" Sazad seventy "" Between his resolve forgiveness verse [whether they you ask them or did not ask for forgiveness for them (so that they disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the evildoers).
