Transliteration:( Waghfir li abeee innahoo kaana mind daalleen )
92. This means Oh Allah grant my uncle Azar the guidance to accept faith and repentance by means of which he can become entitled to Your forgiveness.
He made this Dua because Azar had promised his father to accept faith. Says Allah Almighty: "And Ebrahim's asking forgiveness for his father was not but on account of a promise he had made to him" (S9:V114) (Tafseer Khazainul Irfaan). Otherwise, it is prohibited to make Dua of forgiveness for a polytheist. Therefore, it is unlawful to call him one who has been forgiven (MAGHFOOR) and one who is blessed (MARHOOM).
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The tafsir of Surah Ash-Shura verse 86 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Shura ayat 83 which provides the complete commentary from verse 83 through 89.
63. Some commentators have interpreted this prayer of Prophet Abraham for his father’s forgiveness to imply that he had prayed to God to grant his father the favor to accept Islam because forgiveness in any case is inter-linked with and dependent upon faith. But this interpretation is not borne out by the other verses of the Quran. The Quran says that when Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) left his home at the tyrannical treatment of his father, he said: I bid farewell to you; I shall pray to my Lord to forgive you for He is very kind to me. (Surah Maryam, Ayat 47). To fulfill this promise, he not only prayed for the forgiveness of his father, but for both his parents: Lord, forgive me and my parents. (Surah Ibrahim, Ayat 41). But afterwards he himself realized that an enemy of the truth, even if he be the father of a believer, does not deserve a prayer of forgiveness. Thus according to (Surah At-Taubah, ayat 114): The prayer of Abraham for his father was only to fulfill a promise he had made to him, but when he realized that he was an enemy of Allah, he disowned him.
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