The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-Baqarah 2:285.
Ghufran in Islam
The word occurs once in the Quran, in the believers’ prayer at the end of Surah al-Baqara: “We hear and we obey. Your forgiveness (ghufranaka), our Lord! And to You is the return” (2:285).
Meaning of the name Ghufran
Ghufran is a verbal noun of ghafara, “to cover, to forgive” (root gh-f-r, that of Allah’s names al-Ghafur and al-Ghaffar): forgiveness that covers the fault and protects from it. The name is mostly feminine in Tunisia and Algeria (Ghofrane), unisex in Pakistan.
The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allāh and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."
