Was it possible for the Prophet (s) to beg forgiveness for...

Was it possible for the Prophet (s) to beg forgiveness for his uncle if he was a polytheists whereas there were ____________ 1 As-Seera al-Hishamiyya, vol.2 p.225, Asbab an-Nuzool p.43, ibn Katheer's Tafseer, vol.1 p.343. 2 Al-Ghadeer, vol.8 p.11. 3 Ibid 4 Ibid with reference to al-Itqan, vol.1 p.17. 5 Ibid. many verses forbidding him from that? Did the Prophet (s) not pay any attention to those verses or he refused to obey Allah until this verse of the sura of Bara'a was revealed to him?

This sura itself had many other forbidding verses but why didn't the Prophet (s) obey Allah except when this special verse was revealed to him? O Allah! Forgive us! We didn't know how to justify the continuous praying of the Prophet (s) for forgiving his uncle while Allah every time revealed to him a verse ordering him to cut every relation with the polytheists! What…