Quran 16:84 — An-Nahl, verse 84
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The day will come when We raise up a witness from every community, when the disbelievers will not be allowed to make excuses or amends.
وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ
wayawma nabʿathu min kulli ummatin shahīdan thumma lā yu'dhanu lilladhīna kafarū walā hum yus'taʿtabūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the day We shall raise up from every nation a witness, then to the unbelievers no leave shall be given, nor shall they be suffered to make amends.
- Muhammad Asad
- But one Day We shall raise up a witness out of every community, whereupon they who were bent on denying the truth will not be allowed to plead [ignorance], and neither will they be allowed to make amends.
- Sahih International
- And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect from every nation a witness [i.e., their prophet]. Then it will not be permitted to the disbelievers [to apologize or make excuses], nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَوْمَwayawma | And the Day | يوم |
| 2 | نَبْعَثُnabʿathu | We will resurrect | بعث |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 5 | أُمَّةٍۢummatin | nation | أمم |
| 6 | شَهِيدًۭاshahīdan | a witness | شهد |
| 7 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 9 | يُؤْذَنُyu'dhanu | will be permitted | أذن |
| 10 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 11 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 13 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 14 | يُسْتَعْتَبُونَyus'taʿtabūna | will be asked to make amends | عتب |