غَفَرَforgive

Example sentences

• فَإِن غفرها لَهُ فبمحض إحسانه وَكرمه

  So if He forgives it for him, it is by His pure kindness and generosity.

  غَفَرَهَا — He forgave it. Past-tense verb 'forgave', 'he' form; the ending '-ha' adds 'it' (the deed) — 'He forgave it'.

  From: Returning to God →

• وَمِن فَاتَهُ هَذَا التَّوْحِيد فَإِن الله لَا يغْفر أَن يُشْرك بِهِ

  And whoever misses this monotheism, indeed Allah does not forgive associating others with Him.

  يَغْفِرُ — He forgives. Present-tense 'forgives', subject 'He' inside the form; with the 'la' before it, 'does not forgive' as an ongoing reality. The clean ending shows a flat statement, not tied to any mood-trigger.

  From: Worship God Alone →

• قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتنِي وَرَجَوْتنِي غَفَرْتُ لَك عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْك وَلَا أُبَالِي،

  Allah, the Exalted, said: "O son of Adam! As long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind.

  غَفَرْتُ — I shall forgive. Past in form but future in force: this is God's response to the condition, and Arabic states a guaranteed outcome in the past tense to make it feel already settled. The '-tu' is the subject 'I'.

  From: The Vastness of God's Mercy →

• يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَوْ بَلَغَتْ ذُنُوبُك عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتنِي غَفَرْتُ لَك،

  O son of Adam! If your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and then you were to ask for My forgiveness, I would forgive you.

  غَفَرْتُ — I would forgive. This is the outcome of 'even if': God's forgiveness, again put in the past to make it sound settled. The '-tu' is 'I.' Both halves of this 'if' sit in past form, yet this second one is what would happen.

  From: The Vastness of God's Mercy →