يَغْفِرُforgive

Example sentences

• قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ

  Allah the Exalted said: 'Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills.'

  يَغْفِرُ — He forgives. A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, 'He forgives', here under the negation, stating the divine act being denied for this case.

  From: The Sin of Idolatry →

• قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ

  Allah the Exalted said: 'Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills.'

  وَيَغْفِرُ — but He forgives. A fused 'and' plus a present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, 'but He forgives'. The 'and' here is contrastive, turning to what, unlike shirk, can be pardoned.

  From: The Sin of Idolatry →