يَسْتَغْفِرَseek forgiveness

Example sentences

• وَإِذَا أَذْنَبَ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَ وَيَتُوبَ

  And if he sins, then upon him is to seek forgiveness and repent.

  يَسْتَغْفِرَ — seek forgiveness. A present verb 'seek forgiveness' in the subjunctive shape demanded by the 'to' particle. It is a derived, intensive-pattern verb whose built-up shape carries the 'ask earnestly for pardon' sense, and the altered ending marks it as the aimed-at act.

  From: Patience Under Decree →