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Abraham's promise to his father is mentioned in {19:47-48} and 60:4 ; for the actual prayer, see {26:86-87}.
Abraham promised to pray for his father’s forgiveness in 19:47 and 60:4, but when his father died as a disbeliever he discontinued praying for him.
Abraham and his unbelieving father are referred to in vi. 74. Apparently when Abraham was convinced that the conditions mentioned in the last note applied to his father, he gave up praying for him, as the physical bond was cut off by the spiritual hostility. For the promise to pray for his father, see xix. 47.
Abraham was loyal and tender-hearted, and bore with much that he disapproved, being in this a prototype of Al-Mustafa, and it must have gone against his grain to cut off relations in that way. But it would obviously be wrong for a human being to entreat Allah for mercy on people who had finally rejected Allah.