Surah Tawbah ayat 80 Tafsir Quran 9:80

﴿اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ﴾
[ التوبة: 80]

9:80 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.

Ask forgiveness for them O Muhammad (s) or do not ask forgiveness for them this leaves the choice of asking forgiveness or refraining up to him; the Prophet s said ‘I have been given the choice and I made it’ meaning the choice to ask forgiveness as reported by al-Bukhārī. If you ask forgiveness for them seventy times God will not forgive them it is said that the ‘seventy’ is intended to express by hyperbole a great frequency of asking forgiveness. In the Sahīh of al-Bukhārī there is a hadīth which states ‘If I was sure that were I to ask more than seventy times God would forgive them I would have done so’. It is also said however that the very number seventy is actually meant on account of this other hadīth of his ‘I shall ask more than seventy times’ whereupon it was made clear to him the Prophet that the matter regarding forgiveness had been concluded by the verse Q. 636 Alike it will be regarding them whether you ask forgiveness for them or you do not ask forgiveness for them God will not forgive them; that is because they disbelieved in God and His Messenger; and God does not guide the wicked folk.

You may invoke Allahs forgiveness on their behalf O Muhammad or you may not; it is one and the same. Even if you invoke Allahs forgiveness on their behalf seventy times, never shall He forgive them. They denied Allah and His Messenger and insolently and defiantly disregarded Allahs commands; Allah does not guide the wicked to His path of righteousness

The Prohibition of asking for Forgiveness for Hypocrites Allah says to His Prophet that hypocrites are not worthy of seeking forgiveness for them and that if he asks Allah to forgive them seventy times, Allah will not forgive them.
The number seventy here was mentioned to close the door on this subject, for Arabs use this number when they exaggerate, not that they actually mean seventy or more than seventy.
Ash-Sha`bi said that when `Abdullah bin Ubayy was dying, his son went to the Prophet and said to him, "My father has died, I wish you could attend him and pray the funeral prayer for him." The Prophet said,
«مَا اسْمُك»
( "What is you name ) He said, "Al-Hubab bin `Abdullah." The Prophet said,
«بَلْ أَنْتَ عَبْدُاللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِاللهِ إِنَّ الْحُبَابَ اسْمَ شَيْطَان»
( Rather, you are `Abdullah bin `Abdullah, for Al-Hubab is a devil's name. ) The Prophet went along with him, attended his father's funeral, gave him his shirt as a shroud and prayed the funeral prayer for him.
He was asked, "Would you pray on him, when he is a hypocrite" He said, «إِنَّ اللهَ قَالَ: إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَلَأسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ وَسَبْعِينَ وَسَبْعِين» ( Allah said,(...(and even ) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness...) Verily, I will ask Allah to forgive them seventy times and seventy more and seventy more.)" Similar narrations were collected from `Urwah bin Az-Zubayr, Mujahid, Qatadah bin Di`amah and Ibn Jarir.

The Prohibition of asking for Forgiveness for Hypocrites Allah says to His Prophet that hypocrites are not worthy of seeking forgiveness for them and that if he asks Allah to forgive them seventy times, Allah will not forgive them.
The number seventy here was mentioned to close the door on this subject, for Arabs use this number when they exaggerate, not that they actually mean seventy or more than seventy.
Ash-Sha`bi said that when `Abdullah bin Ubayy was dying, his son went to the Prophet and said to him, "My father has died, I wish you could attend him and pray the funeral prayer for him." The Prophet said, «مَا اسْمُك» ( "What is you name ) He said, "Al-Hubab bin `Abdullah." The Prophet said, «بَلْ أَنْتَ عَبْدُاللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِاللهِ إِنَّ الْحُبَابَ اسْمَ شَيْطَان» ( Rather, you are `Abdullah bin `Abdullah, for Al-Hubab is a devil's name. ) The Prophet went along with him, attended his father's funeral, gave him his shirt as a shroud and prayed the funeral prayer for him.
He was asked, "Would you pray on him, when he is a hypocrite" He said, «إِنَّ اللهَ قَالَ: إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَلَأسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ وَسَبْعِينَ وَسَبْعِين» ( Allah said,(...(and even ) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness...) Verily, I will ask Allah to forgive them seventy times and seventy more and seventy more.)" Similar narrations were collected from `Urwah bin Az-Zubayr, Mujahid, Qatadah bin Di`amah and Ibn Jarir.

( Ask forgiveness for them (O Muhammad )) Allah says: if you ask forgiveness for ’Abdullah Ibn Ubayy, Jadd Ibn Qays, and Mu’attib Ibn Qushayr and their followers-who were about 70 men-, ( or ask not forgiveness for them ) it is all the same for them; ( though thou ask forgiveness for them seventy times Allah will not forgive them ) that punishment. ( That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger ) in secret, ( and Allah guideth not ) forgives not ( wrong-doing folk ) the hypocrites: ’Abdullah Ibn Ubayy and his host.

Whether you (O Muhammad SAW) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites) or ask not forgiveness for them… (and even) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness… Allah will not forgive them, because they have disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW). And Allah guides not those people who are Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

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