Surat Al-Munafiqun Verse No. 6: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 6 from Surah Al-Munafiqun : Number of verses 11 - - page 555 - Part 28.
﴾سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَسۡتَغۡفَرۡتَ لَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ لَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ﴿
[ المنافقون: 6]
It is equal to them whether you (Muhammad SAW) ask forgiveness or ask not forgiveness for them. Verily, Allah guides not the people who are the Fasiqin (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
English - Sahih International
It is all the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; never will Allah forgive them. Indeed, Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(63:6) It is all the same for them whether you ask forgiveness for them or not; for Allah shall never forgive them. *13 Surely Allah does not direct the transgressing folk to the Right Way. *14
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*13) This thing was reiterated in Surah At-Taubah, which was sent down three years after Surah Al-Mtutafiqun, cven in stronger words. In that Surah AIIah, while addressing the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) said this about the hypocrites: 'O Prophet (it will be aII the same) whether you beg forgiveness for them or not, for AIIah will not forgive them even if you beg forgiveness for them seventy times. This is because they have disbelieved in AIIah and His Messenger, and AIlah does not show guidance to the wrongdoers." (AtTaubah: 80). A little further on in that Surah it was again said: 'And never perform the funeral prayer for anyone of them W;10 dies nor stand at his grave, for they have denied Allah and His Messenger and diod while they were transgressors. " (At-Taubah: 84)
*14) Two things have been stated in this verse. First, that the prayer of forgiveness can be beneficial only for those who are guided aright. Let alone a common man, even if Allah's Messenger himself prays for the forgiveness of the person, who has turned away from guidance and adopted the way of sin and transgression instead of obedience, he cannot be forgiven. Second, that it is not Allah's way to bless with guidance those who do not seek His guidance. If a person himself turns away from Allah's guidance, rather shakes his head with arrogance and rejects the invitation when he is called towards guidance, Allah has no need that He should go after him with His guidance and implore him to come to the right path.