Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
“And forgive my father - for, verily, he is among those who have gone astray –
M. M. Pickthall
And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Forgive my father, for he is certainly one of the misguided.
Safi Kaskas
Forgive my father, for he has been of those who were misguided,
Wahiduddin Khan
and forgive my father; for he is one of the misguided
Shakir
And forgive my father, for surely he is of those who have gone astray
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And forgive my father. Truly, he had been among the ones who go astray.
T.B.Irving
"Forgive my father even though he may be [considered] lost.
Abdul Hye
and forgive my father, surely he is of the erring,
The Study Quran
And forgive my father—he is one of those who are astray
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And forgive my father; he was among those astray.
Talal Itani (2012)
And forgive my father—he was one of the misguided
Dr. Kamal Omar
And grant forgiveness for my father, surely he is of the erring ones
forgive my father, for he is from among those who have gone astray
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And forgive my father; surely he is one of the erring
Muhammad Sarwar
Forgive my father. He has gone astray
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and forgive my father. Indeed he was one of those who went astray
Shabbir Ahmed
And forgive my father (by letting him become worthy of it). For, verily he is of those who go astray. (9:114), (14:41), (19:47), (60:4)
Dr. Munir Munshey
"Forgive my father. He has surely gone astray!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"And forgive my father, verily, he is among those who go astray
And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"And forgive my father, for he was of those misguided."
Abdel Haleem
forgive my father, for he is one of those who have gone astray
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And forgive my father; verily he is of the erring
Ahmed Ali
Forgive me and my father: He was surely among those who went astray
Aisha Bewley
and forgive my father — he was one of the misguided;
Ali Ünal
"And forgive my father, for he is among those who have gone astray
Ali Quli Qara'i
Forgive my father, for he is one of those who are astray
Hamid S. Aziz
"And forgive my father. Verily, he is of those who err
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and forgive my father, indeed he is of the misguided
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“Forgive my father, for he is among those astray
Musharraf Hussain
and forgive my father – he’s gone astray.
Maududi
and forgive my father for he is among those who strayed
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"And forgive my father, for he was of those misguided.
Mohammad Shafi
"And forgive my father! He is indeed among those who have gone astray."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And forgive my father, undoubtedly he has gone astray.
"And forgive my father, for he has gone astray.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and forgive my father, for he was among the astray
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And forgive my sire, surely he is of the erring ones
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And forgive to my father, that he truly was from the misguided
Bijan Moeinian
“May you forgive my father, for following those who are in the darkness.”
Faridul Haque
“And forgive my father * – he is indeed astray.” (His paternal uncle
Sher Ali
`And forgive my father, for he is of the erring ones
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And forgive my father. Surely, he was of the misguided
Amatul Rahman Omar
`And protect my sire (- azar against his faults), he is of course of the erring ones
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And forgive my father, verily he is of the erring
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And cover my father with forgiveness as he indeed is of those gone astray.
Munir Mezyed
And forgive my father. Indeed, he is among those who have been deceived into going away (from the path of truth).
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And forgive my father, for he was of those astray.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“Forgive my father as he is among those astray.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and forgive my father—he was indeed one of those astray,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Forgive my father even though he may be [considered] lost.
Samy Mahdy
And forgive my father, he was among the astray ones.
Sayyid Qutb
Forgive my father; for he is among the ones who have gone astray.
Ahmed Hulusi
“Forgive my father! Indeed, he is of those who have gone astray from the right faith!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And forgive my father, verily, he is of those astray
"And extend O Allah my Creator, Your mercy and forgiveness lo my father who was lost in the maze of error". (A prayer invoked by Ibrahim before he realized that his father was an enemy to Allah)
Mir Aneesuddin
and protectively forgive my father, he is certainly among those who are astray,
The Wise Quran
And forgive my father, indeed, he was of those who err;