وَمَا كَانَ ٱسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوْعِدَةٍۢ وَعَدَهَآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥٓ أَنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ ۚ إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَأَوَّٰهٌ حَلِيمٌۭ
How to read it
Wa mā kāna (i)s'tigh'fāru 'ib'rāhīma li'abīhi 'illā ʻan mmaw'ʻidatin waʻadahā 'iyyāhu falammā tabayyana lahu 'annahu ʻaduwun llillahi tabarra'a min'hu . 'inna 'ib'rāhīma la'awwāhun ḥalīmun
And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy to Allah, he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was most tender-hearted, forbearing.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

