Surah Muminun ayat 118 Tafsir Quran 23:118

﴿وَقُل رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ﴾
[ المؤمنون: 118]

23:118 And, [O Muhammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful."

And say ‘My Lord forgive and have mercy on believers — this ‘mercy’ adds to the ‘forgiveness’ in terms of God’s grace — and You are the best of the merciful’ the most excellent of those who have mercy.

And so, pray to Allah invoking Him for mercy, expressing your thoughts in words, thus: O Allah, my Creator, You ascribed mercy and forgiveness, forbearance and indulgence unto Yourself. Forgive me and have mercy on me and on those whom You will; You are indeed the Most Merciful Whose mercy is extended to the wide circle of the all

And whoever invokes besides Allah, any other god, of whom he has no proof; then his reckoning is only with his Lord.
Surely, disbelievers will not be successful ( 117 )And say : "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of those who show mercy! ( 118 ) Shirk Is the Worst Form of Wrong, Its Practitioner Shall Never Succeed Allah threatens those who associate anything else with Him and worship anything with Him.He informs that those who associate others with Allah: لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ ( of whom he has no proof ), meaning no evidence for what he says.
Then Allah says: وَمَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ ( And whoever invokes, besides Allah, any other god, of whom he has no proof; ) this is a conditional sentence, whose fulfilling clause is: فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ ( then his reckoning is only with his Lord. ) meaning, Allah will call him to account for that.
Then Allah tells us: إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ ( Surely, disbelievers will not be successful. ) meaning, they will not be successful with Him on the Day of Resurrection; they will not prosper or be saved. وَقُلْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ ( And say: "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for You are the best of those who show mercy!" ) Here Allah is teaching us to recite this supplication, for forgiveness, in a general sense, means wiping away sins and concealing them from people, and mercy means guiding a person and helping him to say and do good things.

(23:118) O Muhammad, say, "Lord, forgive and have mercy! You are the most Merciful of all, who show mercy". *107

And, [O Muhammad], say, "My Lord, forgive meaning

*107) Compare and contrast this " prayer " with verse 109.
Here the Holy Prophet has been told to make the same prayer as contained in verse 109, as if to say, " You ( and your followers ) should supplicate Allah with the same prayer so that, if the people scoff at you, they themselves might provide a proof of a strong case against themselves. "

And whoever invokes besides Allah, any other god, of whom he has no proof; then his reckoning is only with his Lord.
Surely, disbelievers will not be successful ( 117 )And say : "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of those who show mercy! ( 118 ) Shirk Is the Worst Form of Wrong, Its Practitioner Shall Never Succeed Allah threatens those who associate anything else with Him and worship anything with Him.He informs that those who associate others with Allah: لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ ( of whom he has no proof ), meaning no evidence for what he says.
Then Allah says: وَمَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ ( And whoever invokes, besides Allah, any other god, of whom he has no proof; ) this is a conditional sentence, whose fulfilling clause is: فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ ( then his reckoning is only with his Lord. ) meaning, Allah will call him to account for that.
Then Allah tells us: إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ ( Surely, disbelievers will not be successful. ) meaning, they will not be successful with Him on the Day of Resurrection; they will not prosper or be saved. وَقُلْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ ( And say: "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for You are the best of those who show mercy!" ) Here Allah is teaching us to recite this supplication, for forgiveness, in a general sense, means wiping away sins and concealing them from people, and mercy means guiding a person and helping him to say and do good things.

( And say ) O Muhammad: ( My Lord! Forgive ) my nation ( and have mercy ) on my nation by not punishing them, ( for Thou art Best of all who show mercy ) the most Merciful of all who show mercy’.

And say (O Muhammad SAW): "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of those who show mercy!"

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