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At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)

Verse 7of 12

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(you) who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَا(Do) not
تَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirūmake excuses
ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖl-yawmatoday
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
مَا(for) what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Teaching One's Family the Religion and Good Behavior`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas;قُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَاراً(Protect yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell)) He said, "Work in the obedience of Allah, avoid disobedience of Allah and order your families to remember Allah, then Allah will save you from the Fire.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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