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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 94of 129

يَعْتَذِرُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُل لَّا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚ وَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٩٤

Translation (Sahih International)

They will make excuses to you when you have returned to them. Say, "Make no excuse - never will we believe you. Allah has already informed us of your news. And Allah will observe your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger; then you will be taken back to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do."

Word-by-word meaning

يَعْتَذِرُونَyaʿtadhirūnaThey will make excuses
إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you
إِذَاidhāwhen
رَجَعْتُمْrajaʿtumyou (have) returned
إِلَيْهِمْ ۚilayhimto them
قُلqulSay
لَّا(Do) not
تَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirūmake excuse
لَنlannever
نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believe
لَكُمْlakumyou
قَدْqadVerily
نَبَّأَنَاnabba-anāAllah (has) informed us
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) informed us
مِنْminof
أَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚakhbārikumyour news
وَسَيَرَىwasayarāand Allah will see
ٱللَّهُl-lahuand Allah will see
عَمَلَكُمْʿamalakumyour deeds
وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
ثُمَّthummaThen
تُرَدُّونَturaddūnayou will be brought back
إِلَىٰilāto
عَـٰلِمِʿālimi(the) Knower
ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the seen
فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumthen He will inform you
بِمَاbimāof what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Exposing the Deceitful Ways of HypocritesAllah said that when the believers go back to Al-Madinah, the hypocrites will begin apologizing to them. قُل لاَّ تَعْتَذِرُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ(Say "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you."), we shall not believe what you say, قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ(Allah has already informed us of the news concerning you.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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