Dan bukanlah istighfar Nabi Ibrahim bagi bapanya (dibuat) melainkan kerana adanya janji yang dijanjikan kepadanya; dan apabila ternyata kepada Nabi Ibrahim bahawa bapanya musuh bagi Allah, ia pun berlepas diri daripadanya. Sesungguhnya Nabi Ibrahim itu lembut hati lagi penyabar.
The prayer of Abraham for the forgiveness of his father was only because of a promise he had promised him , but when it had become clear unto him that he ( his father ) was an enemy to Allah he ( Abraham ) disowned him . Lo! Abraham was soft of heart , lone suffering .