غ ف ر Root gh-f-r in the Qur’an 234 occurrences in 202 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

غَفُور 91 times

• 2:173 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingHe has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:182 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingBut if one fears from the bequeather [some] error or sin and corrects that which is between them, there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:192 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingAnd if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:199 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingThen depart from the place from where [all] the people depart and ask forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:218 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingIndeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of Allah - those expect the mercy of Allah. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:225 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌ (is) Oft-ForgivingAllah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 2:226 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingFor those who swear not to have sexual relations with their wives is a waiting time of four months, but if they return [to normal relations] - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:235 · Al-Baqarahغَفُورٌ (is) Oft-ForgivingThere is no blame upon you for that to which you [indirectly] allude concerning a proposal to women or for what you conceal within yourselves. Allah knows that you will have them in mind. But do not promise them secretly except for saying a proper saying. And do not determine to undertake a marriage contract until the decreed period reaches its end. And know that Allah knows what is within yourselves, so beware of Him. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 3:31 · Ali 'Imranغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingSay, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 3:89 · Ali 'Imranغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingExcept for those who repent after that and correct themselves. For indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 3:129 · Ali 'Imranغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingAnd to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 3:155 · Ali 'Imranغَفُورٌ (is) Oft-ForgivingIndeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allah has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 4:23 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingProhibited to you [for marriage] are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your father's sisters, your mother's sisters, your brother's daughters, your sister's daughters, your [milk] mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing, your wives' mothers, and your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in. But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you. And [also prohibited are] the wives of your sons who are from your [own] loins, and that you take [in marriage] two sisters simultaneously, except for what has already occurred. Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:25 · An-Nisaغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingAnd whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls. And Allah is most knowing about your faith. You [believers] are of one another. So marry them with the permission of their people and give them their due compensation according to what is acceptable. [They should be] chaste, neither [of] those who commit unlawful intercourse randomly nor those who take [secret] lovers. But once they are sheltered in marriage, if they should commit adultery, then for them is half the punishment for free [unmarried] women. This [allowance] is for him among you who fears sin, but to be patient is better for you. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:43 · An-Nisaغَفُورًا Oft-ForgivingO you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janabah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 4:96 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingDegrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:99 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingFor those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 4:100 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingAnd whoever emigrates for the cause of Allah will find on the earth many [alternative] locations and abundance. And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him - his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:106 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingAnd seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:110 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingAnd whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:129 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingAnd you will never be able to be equal [in feeling] between wives, even if you should strive [to do so]. So do not incline completely [toward one] and leave another hanging. And if you amend [your affairs] and fear Allah - then indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:152 · An-Nisaغَفُورًۭا Oft-ForgivingBut they who believe in Allah and His messengers and do not discriminate between any of them - to those He is going to give their rewards. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:3 · Al-Ma'idahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingProhibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:34 · Al-Ma'idahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingExcept for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:39 · Al-Ma'idahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingBut whoever repents after his wrongdoing and reforms, indeed, Allah will turn to him in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:74 · Al-Ma'idahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingSo will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:98 · Al-Ma'idahغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingKnow that Allah is severe in penalty and that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:101 · Al-Ma'idahغَفُورٌ (is) Oft-ForgivingO you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
• 6:54 · Al-An'amغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingAnd when those come to you who believe in Our verses, say, "Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy: that any of you who does wrong out of ignorance and then repents after that and corrects himself - indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 6:145 · Al-An'amغَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-ForgivingSay, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

Also in 61 more places: 6:165, 7:153, 7:167, 8:69, 8:70, 9:5, 9:27, 9:91, 9:99, 9:102, 10:107, 11:41, 12:53, 12:98, 14:36, 15:49, 16:18, 16:110, 16:115, 16:119, 17:25, 17:44, 18:58, 22:60, 24:5, 24:22, 24:33, 24:62, 25:6, 25:70, 27:11, 28:16, 33:5, 33:24, 33:50, 33:59, 33:73, 34:2, 34:15, 35:28, 35:30, 35:34, 35:41, 39:53, 41:32, 42:5, 42:23, 46:8, 48:14, 49:5, 49:14, 57:28, 58:2, 58:12, 60:7, 60:12, 64:14, 66:1, 67:2, 73:20, 85:14

غَفَرَ 65 times

• 2:58 · Al-Baqarahنَّغْفِرْ We will forgiveAnd [recall] when We said, "Enter this city and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens.' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."
• 2:284 · Al-Baqarahفَيَغْفِرُ Then, He will forgiveTo Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
• 2:286 · Al-Baqarahوَٱغْفِرْ and forgiveAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
• 3:16 · Ali 'Imranفَٱغْفِرْ so forgiveThose who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,"
• 3:31 · Ali 'Imranوَيَغْفِرْ and He will forgiveSay, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 3:129 · Ali 'Imranيَغْفِرُ He forgivesAnd to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 3:135 · Ali 'Imranيَغْفِرُ (can) forgiveAnd those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.
• 3:147 · Ali 'Imranٱغْفِرْ forgiveAnd their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."
• 3:193 · Ali 'Imranفَٱغْفِرْ so forgiveOur Lord, indeed we have heard a caller calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die with the righteous.
• 4:48 · An-Nisaيَغْفِرُ forgiveIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.
• 4:48 · An-Nisaوَيَغْفِرُ but He forgivesIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.
• 4:116 · An-Nisaيَغْفِرُ forgiveIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray.
• 4:116 · An-Nisaوَيَغْفِرُ but He forgivesIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray.
• 4:137 · An-Nisaلِيَغْفِرَ forgiveIndeed, those who have believed then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved, and then increased in disbelief - never will Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a way.
• 4:168 · An-Nisaلِيَغْفِرَ [to] forgiveIndeed, those who disbelieve and commit wrong [or injustice] - never will Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a path.
• 5:18 · Al-Ma'idahيَغْفِرُ He forgivesBut the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the [final] destination.
• 5:40 · Al-Ma'idahوَيَغْفِرُ and He forgivesDo you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth? He punishes whom He wills and forgives whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
• 5:118 · Al-Ma'idahتَغْفِرْ You forgiveIf You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
• 7:23 · Al-A'rafتَغْفِرْ You forgiveThey said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."
• 7:149 · Al-A'rafوَيَغْفِرْ and forgiveAnd when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."
• 7:151 · Al-A'rafٱغْفِرْ Forgive[Moses] said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful."
• 7:155 · Al-A'rafفَٱغْفِرْ so forgiveAnd Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.
• 7:161 · Al-A'rafنَّغْفِرْ We will forgiveAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens,' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."
• 7:169 · Al-A'rafسَيُغْفَرُ It will be forgivenAnd there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture taken from them that they would not say about Allah except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allah, so will you not use reason?
• 8:29 · Al-Anfalوَيَغْفِرْ and forgiveO you who have believed, if you fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion and will remove from you your misdeeds and forgive you. And Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 8:38 · Al-Anfalيُغْفَرْ will be forgivenSay to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the former [rebellious] peoples has already taken place.
• 8:70 · Al-Anfalوَيَغْفِرْ and He will forgiveO Prophet, say to whoever is in your hands of the captives, "If Allah knows [any] good in your hearts, He will give you [something] better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you; and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
• 9:80 · At-Tawbahيَغْفِرَ will Allah forgiveAsk forgiveness for them, [O Muhammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
• 11:47 · Hudتَغْفِرْ You forgive[Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."
• 12:92 · Yusufيَغْفِرُ Allah will forgiveHe said, "No blame will there be upon you today. Allah will forgive you; and He is the most merciful of the merciful."

Also in 35 more places: 14:10, 14:41, 20:73, 23:109, 23:118, 24:22, 26:51, 26:82, 26:86, 28:16, 28:16, 33:71, 36:27, 38:25, 38:35, 39:53, 40:7, 42:37, 42:43, 45:14, 46:31, 47:34, 48:2, 48:14, 57:28, 59:10, 60:5, 61:12, 63:6, 64:14, 64:17, 66:8, 71:4, 71:7, 71:28

اسْتَغْفَرَ 40 times

• 2:199 · Al-Baqarahوَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ and ask forgivenessThen depart from the place from where [all] the people depart and ask forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 3:135 · Ali 'Imranفَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ then ask forgivenessAnd those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.
• 3:159 · Ali 'Imranوَٱسْتَغْفِرْ and ask forgivenessSo by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in the matter. And when you have decided, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely [upon Him].
• 4:64 · An-Nisaفَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ and asked forgivenessAnd We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful.
• 4:64 · An-Nisaوَٱسْتَغْفَرَ and asked forgivenessAnd We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful.
• 4:106 · An-Nisaوَٱسْتَغْفِرِ And seek forgivenessAnd seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
• 4:110 · An-Nisaيَسْتَغْفِرِ seeks forgivenessAnd whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:74 · Al-Ma'idahوَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُۥ ۚ and seek His forgivenessSo will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 8:33 · Al-Anfalيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ seek forgivenessBut Allah would not punish them while you, [O Muhammad], are among them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.
• 9:80 · At-Tawbahٱسْتَغْفِرْ Ask forgivenessAsk forgiveness for them, [O Muhammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
• 9:80 · At-Tawbahتَسْتَغْفِرْ ask forgivenessAsk forgiveness for them, [O Muhammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
• 9:80 · At-Tawbahتَسْتَغْفِرْ you ask forgivenessAsk forgiveness for them, [O Muhammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
• 9:113 · At-Tawbahيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ they ask forgivenessIt is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.
• 11:3 · Hudٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ Seek forgivenessAnd [saying], "Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, [and] He will let you enjoy a good provision for a specified term and give every doer of favor his favor. But if you turn away, then indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a great Day.
• 11:52 · Hudٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ Ask forgivenessAnd O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."
• 11:61 · Hudفَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ So ask forgiveness of HimAnd to Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."
• 11:90 · Hudوَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ And ask forgivenessAnd ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is Merciful and Affectionate."
• 12:29 · Yusufوَٱسْتَغْفِرِى And ask forgivenessJoseph, ignore this. And, [my wife], ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."
• 12:97 · Yusufٱسْتَغْفِرْ Ask forgivenessThey said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."
• 12:98 · Yusufأَسْتَغْفِرُ I will ask forgivenessHe said, "I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
• 18:55 · Al-Kahfوَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ and they ask forgivenessAnd nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
• 19:47 · Maryamسَأَسْتَغْفِرُ I will ask forgiveness[Abraham] said, "Peace will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.
• 24:62 · An-Nurوَٱسْتَغْفِرْ and ask forgivenessThe believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and, when they are [meeting] with him for a matter of common interest, do not depart until they have asked his permission. Indeed, those who ask your permission, [O Muhammad] - those are the ones who believe in Allah and His Messenger. So when they ask your permission for something of their affairs, then give permission to whom you will among them and ask forgiveness for them of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 27:46 · An-Namlتَسْتَغْفِرُونَ you ask forgivenessHe said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil instead of good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allah that you may receive mercy?"
• 38:24 · Sadفَٱسْتَغْفَرَ and he asked forgiveness[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allah].
• 40:7 · Ghafirوَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ and ask forgivenessThose [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], "Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire.
• 40:55 · Ghafirوَٱسْتَغْفِرْ And ask forgivenessSo be patient, [O Muhammad]. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And ask forgiveness for your sin and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning.
• 41:6 · Fussilatوَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ۗ and ask His forgivenessSay, O [Muhammad], "I am only a man like you to whom it has been revealed that your god is but one God; so take a straight course to Him and seek His forgiveness." And woe to those who associate others with Allah -
• 42:5 · Ash-Shuraوَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ and ask for forgivenessThe heavens almost break from above them, and the angels exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Unquestionably, it is Allah who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
• 47:19 · Muhammadوَٱسْتَغْفِرْ and ask forgivenessSo know, [O Muhammad], that there is no deity except Allah and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women. And Allah knows of your movement and your resting place.

Also in 10 more places: 48:11, 51:18, 60:4, 60:12, 63:5, 63:6, 63:6, 71:10, 73:20, 110:3

مَغْفِرَة 28 times

• 2:175 · Al-Baqarahبِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ for [the] forgivenessThose are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are in pursuit of the Fire!
• 2:221 · Al-Baqarahوَٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ and [the] forgivenessAnd do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.
• 2:263 · Al-Baqarahوَمَغْفِرَةٌ and (seeking) forgivenessKind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing.
• 2:268 · Al-Baqarahمَّغْفِرَةًۭ forgivenessSatan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allah promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
• 3:133 · Ali 'Imranمَغْفِرَةٍۢ forgivenessAnd hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous
• 3:136 · Ali 'Imranمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (is) forgivenessThose - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow [in Paradise], wherein they will abide eternally; and excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers.
• 3:157 · Ali 'Imranلَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ certainly forgivenessAnd if you are killed in the cause of Allah or die - then forgiveness from Allah and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].
• 4:96 · An-Nisaوَمَغْفِرَةًۭ and forgivenessDegrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
• 5:9 · Al-Ma'idahمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (is) forgivenessAllah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds [that] for them there is forgiveness and great reward.
• 8:4 · Al-Anfalوَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ and forgivenessThose are the believers, truly. For them are degrees [of high position] with their Lord and forgiveness and noble provision.
• 8:74 · Al-Anfalمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (is) forgivenessBut those who have believed and emigrated and fought in the cause of Allah and those who gave shelter and aided - it is they who are the believers, truly. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.
• 11:11 · Hudمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (will be) forgivenessExcept for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward.
• 13:6 · Ar-Ra'dمَغْفِرَةٍۢ (of) forgivenessThey impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good, while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is full of forgiveness for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord is severe in penalty.
• 22:50 · Al-Hajjمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (is) forgivenessAnd those who have believed and done righteous deeds - for them is forgiveness and noble provision.
• 24:26 · An-Nurمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (is) forgivenessEvil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good people] are declared innocent of what the slanderers say. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.
• 33:35 · Al-Ahzabمَّغْفِرَةًۭ forgivenessIndeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
• 34:4 · Sabaمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (will be) forgivenessThat He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision.
• 35:7 · Fatirمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (will be) forgivenessThose who disbelieve will have a severe punishment, and those who believe and do righteous deeds will have forgiveness and great reward.
• 36:11 · Ya-Sinبِمَغْفِرَةٍۢ of forgivenessYou can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward.
• 41:43 · Fussilatمَغْفِرَةٍۢ (of) forgivenessNothing is said to you, [O Muhammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.
• 47:15 · Muhammadوَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ and forgivenessIs the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord, like [that of] those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?
• 48:29 · Al-Fathمَّغْفِرَةًۭ forgivenessMuhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers - so that Allah may enrage by them the disbelievers. Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.
• 49:3 · Al-Hujuratمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (is) forgivenessIndeed, those who lower their voices before the Messenger of Allah - they are the ones whose hearts Allah has tested for righteousness. For them is forgiveness and great reward.
• 53:32 · An-Najmٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ (in) forgivenessThose who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.
• 57:20 · Al-Hadidوَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ and forgivenessKnow that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
• 57:21 · Al-Hadidمَغْفِرَةٍۢ (the) forgivenessRace toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
• 67:12 · Al-Mulkمَّغْفِرَةٌۭ (is) forgivenessIndeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.
• 74:56 · Al-Muddaththirٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ to forgiveAnd they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

غَفّار 5 times

• 20:82 · Ta-Haلَغَفَّارٌۭ the Perpetual ForgiverBut indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.
• 38:66 · Sadٱلْغَفَّـٰرُ the Oft-ForgivingLord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."
• 39:5 · Az-Zumarٱلْغَفَّـٰرُ the Oft-ForgivingHe created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.
• 40:42 · Ghafirٱلْغَفَّـٰرِ the Oft-ForgivingYou invite me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.
• 71:10 · Nuhغَفَّارًۭا Oft-ForgivingAnd said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

غافِر 2 times

• 7:155 · Al-A'rafٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ (of) ForgiversAnd Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.
• 40:3 · Ghafirغَافِرِ (The) ForgiverThe forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.

اسْتِغْفار 1 time

• 9:114 · At-Tawbahٱسْتِغْفَارُ (the) asking of forgivenessAnd the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to Abraham that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.

غُفْران 1 time

• 2:285 · Al-Baqarahغُفْرَانَكَ (Grant) us Your forgivenessThe Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."

مُسْتَغْفِر 1 time

• 3:17 · Ali 'Imranوَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ and those who seek forgivenessThe patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.