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At-Tawbah 66

Ayah 66 of 129 · Medinan

لَا تَعۡتَذِرُواْ قَدۡ كَفَرۡتُم بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمۡۚ إِن نَّعۡفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٖ مِّنكُمۡ نُعَذِّبۡ طَآئِفَةَۢ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٦٦

Make no excuse; you have disbelieved [i.e., rejected faith] after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَا(Do) notlā
  2. تَعۡتَذِرُواْmake excusetaʿtadhirū
  3. قَدۡverilyqad
  4. كَفَرۡتُمyou have disbelievedkafartum
  5. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  6. إِيمَٰنِكُمۡۚyour beliefīmānikum
  7. إِنIfin
  8. نَّعۡفُWe pardonnaʿfu
  9. عَن[on]ʿan
  10. طَآئِفَةٖa partyṭāifatin
  11. مِّنكُمۡof youminkum
  12. نُعَذِّبۡWe will punishnuʿadhib
  13. طَآئِفَةَۢa partyṭāifatan
  14. بِأَنَّهُمۡbecause theybi-annahum
  15. كَانُواْwerekānū
  16. مُجۡرِمِينَcriminalsmuj'rimīna

Tafsir

Do not present these false excuses, O hypocrites. You have exposed your disbelief, which was hidden, by making fun. If I were to pardon a group from among you, when they leave their hypocrisy and repent from it by sincerely repenting to Allah, I will punish another group from among you due to their remaining in hypocrisy and their failure to repent from it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran