Quran 9:66

Surah At-Tawba, Verse 66

Juz 10 · Page 197 · Ruku 163 · Medinan

لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمْ إِن نَّعْفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَآئِفَةًۢ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

Word by word

لَا lā (Do) not تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ taʿtadhirū make excuse قَدْ qad verily كَفَرْتُم kafartum you have disbelieved بَعْدَ baʿda after إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚ īmānikum your belief إِن in If نَّعْفُ naʿfu We pardon عَن ʿan [on] طَآئِفَةٍۢ ṭāifatin a party مِّنكُمْ minkum of you نُعَذِّبْ nuʿadhib We will punish طَآئِفَةًۢ ṭāifatan a party بِأَنَّهُمْ bi-annahum because they كَانُوا۟ kānū were مُجْرِمِينَ muj'rimīna criminals

Transliteration

La taAAtathiroo qad kafartumbaAAda eemanikum in naAAfu AAan ta-ifatin minkumnuAAaththib ta-ifatan bi-annahum kanoomujrimeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Make no excuse. Ye have disbelieved after your (confession of) belief. If We forgive a party of you, a party of you We shall punish because they have been guilty.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Make ye no excuses: ye have rejected Faith after ye had accepted it. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you, for that they are in sin.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( لا تعتذروا قد كفرتم بعد إيمانكم ) أي : بهذا المقال الذي استهزأتم به ( إن نعف عن طائفة منكم نعذب طائفة ) أي : لا يعفى عن جميعكم ، ولا بد من عذاب بعضكم ، ( بأنهم كانوا مجرمين ) أي : مجرمين بهذه المقالة الفاجرة الخاطئة .