سُوْرَةُ مَرْيَمَ
Surah Maryam (19) — Ayah 47
قَالَ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكَ ۖ سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِى حَفِيًّا ﴿47﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Ibrâhîm (Abraham) said: "Peace be on you! I will ask Forgiveness of my Lord for you. Verily He is unto me Ever Most Gracious.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
سَلَـٰمٌ
salāmun
Peace (be)
عَلَيْكَ ۖ
ʿalayka
on you
سَأَسْتَغْفِرُ
sa-astaghfiru
I will ask forgiveness
لَكَ
laka
for you
رَبِّىٓ ۖ
rabbī
(from) my Lord
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
كَانَ
kāna
is
بِى
bī
to me
حَفِيًّۭا
ḥafiyyan
Ever Gracious
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
47. 1. This is not a supplicatory greeting that one Muslim gives to another Muslim, rather it is an expression of leaving the addressee, as in (وَّاِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجٰهِلُوْنَ قَالُوْا سَلٰمًا) 25. Al-Furqan: 63) 'When the ignorant address them, they say: Peace.' In this, the way of the people of faith and the servants of Allah is described.
47. 2. This was said at a time when Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ was not yet aware of the prohibition against praying for forgiveness for a polytheist; when he became aware of this, he stopped making such supplications (وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ لِاَبِيْهِ اِلَّا عَنْ مَّوْعِدَةٍ وَّعَدَھَآ اِيَّاهُ ۚ فَلَمَّا تَـبَيَّنَ لَهٗٓ اَنَّهٗ عَدُوٌّ لِّلّٰهِ تَبَرَّاَ مِنْهُ ۭ اِنَّ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ لَاَوَّاهٌ حَلِيْمٌ) 9. At-Tawbah: 114)
47. 2. This was said at a time when Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ was not yet aware of the prohibition against praying for forgiveness for a polytheist; when he became aware of this, he stopped making such supplications (وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ لِاَبِيْهِ اِلَّا عَنْ مَّوْعِدَةٍ وَّعَدَھَآ اِيَّاهُ ۚ فَلَمَّا تَـبَيَّنَ لَهٗٓ اَنَّهٗ عَدُوٌّ لِّلّٰهِ تَبَرَّاَ مِنْهُ ۭ اِنَّ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ لَاَوَّاهٌ حَلِيْمٌ) 9. At-Tawbah: 114)
