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mā kāna li-n-nabiyyi wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾan yastaghfirū li-l-mushrikīna wa-law kānū ʾulī qurbā min baʿdi mā tabayyana lahum ʾannahum ʾaṣḥābu l-jaḥīmi
The Prophet and the faithful may not plead for the forgiveness of the polytheists, even if they should be [their] relatives, after it has become clear to them that they will be the inmates of hell.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 113
113 . “It is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for the polytheists, after it has become clear to them that they are the inmates of Hell, even though they be (their) relatives.”
At the beginning of the current Surah, the Qur’ān announced the immunity towards the polytheists. Then, there were some verses revealed upon the strictness and severity in action towards the polytheists. Now, the verse remarks that it is the same that the polytheists be alive or dead. The verse says: