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عَفَا may pardon in Arabic

عَفَا is how you say “may pardon” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

إِنْ تَكُنْ خُنْتَنَا فَعَنْكَ عَفَا اللَّهُ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ خُنْتُكُمْ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

If you betrayed us, may God forgive you; and if I betrayed you, forgive me.

عَفَا may pardon

A past-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, read here as a prayer 'may He forgive', a common use of the past form for invoking a wish. It delivers the consequence of the first 'if'. Person and tense ride inside.

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