استغفر

• IPA^(key): /is.taɣ.fa.ra/

اِسْتَغْفَرَ • (istaḡfara) X (non-past يَسْتَغْفِرُ (yastaḡfiru), verbal noun اِسْتِغْفَار (istiḡfār))

1. (transitive) to ask for forgiveness
   • 609–632 CE, Quran, 11:3

     وَأَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَاعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِي فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُ ۖ وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ كَبِيرٍ

     wa-ʾani staḡfirū rabbakum ṯumma tūbū ʾilayhi yumattiʿkum matāʿan ḥasanan ʾilā ʾajalin musamman wa-yuʾti kulla ḏī faḍlin faḍlahu wa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinnī ʾaḵāfu ʿalaykum ʿaḏāba yawmin kabīrin

     And , "Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, 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.

2. (transitive) to apologize