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Our Rabb, forgive me and my parents - this was before their enmity towards Allahu ta’ālā, Mighty and Majestic, became clear; but it is also said that his mother submitted [to Allahu ta’ālā], the alternative reading [here] being the singular wālidī ['my father']; or [yet another variant reading being] waladī, 'my son') and [forgive] believers on the day when the reckoning shall come to pass', [the day] it shall be effected. Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, says: