After it was made clear that the pagans are to be the dwellers of hell, the Prophet and the believers should not have sought forgiveness from God for them even though they may have been relatives.
多神教徒のために，御赦しを求めて祈ることは，仮令近親であっても，かれらが業火の住人であることが明らかになった後は，預言者にとり，また信仰する者にとり妥当ではない。