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اسْتَغْفَرَ

tastaghfir

Ask forgiveness

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Root letters: غ ف رAppears 40 times in the Qur'an#284 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form X
Learn it in lesson 29

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form XRoot letters: غ ف ر

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟5 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)تَسْتَغْفِرْ16 times
  • Command (amr)ٱسْتَغْفِرْ19 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَٱسْتَغْفِرْand ask forgivenesswa-is'taghfir · 5 times
  • وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟and ask forgivenesswa-is'taghfirū · 3 times
  • تَسْتَغْفِرْask forgivenesstastaghfir · 3 times
  • ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟Seek forgivenessis'taghfirū · 3 times
  • فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟then ask forgivenessfa-is'taghfarū · 2 times
  • يَسْتَغْفِرُونَseek forgivenessyastaghfirūna · 2 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root غ ف ر — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

Surah 51:18 — Read full ayah

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

Surah 71:10 — Read full ayah

And seek forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

Surah 4:106 — Read full ayah