Ibrahim صلى الله عليه وسلم Asking For Forgiveness
Peace! T he Mufassiroon have tried to tackle this, but in my opinion and with all due respect, they haven’t been quite successful. They said والدي (I can’t put اعراب here, it’s walidayy) can refer to Noah and Abraham’s mother or it may refer to Adam and Eve. The Shia scholars claimed that Abraham’s father and mother (والدي) were believers and the اب in the Quran was actually his uncle. Another opinion was what Ghamidi Sahab explained that this Dua was made before the reality was made clear to him (which I currently don’t think is plausible with all due respect). Another opinion was that the reading is ولدي (Waladayy, that is two sons). One can disagree with all of them, but I think the strongest of these explanations is the one given by Shia scholars. What do you say?