Quran 9:66 — At-Tawba, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not try to justify yourselves; you have gone from belief to disbelief.’ We may forgive some of you, but We will punish others: they are evildoers.
لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ ۚ إِنْ نَعْفُ عَنْ طَائِفَةٍ مِنْكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَائِفَةً بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
lā taʿtadhirū qad kafartum baʿda īmānikum in naʿfu ʿan ṭāifatin minkum nuʿadhib ṭāifatan bi-annahum kānū muj'rimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Make no excuses. You have disbelieved after your believing. If We forgive one party of you, We will chastise another party for that they were sinners.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Do not offer [empty] excuses! You have indeed denied the truth after [having professed] your belief [in it] - Though We may efface the sin of some of you, We shall chastise others - seeing that they were lost in sin.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 2 | تَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirū | make excuse | عذر |
| 3 | قَدْqad | verily | — |
| 4 | كَفَرْتُمkafartum | you have disbelieved | كفر |
| 5 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 6 | إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚīmānikum | your belief | أمن |
| 7 | إِنin | If | — |
| 8 | نَّعْفُnaʿfu | We pardon | عفو |
| 9 | عَنʿan | [on] | — |
| 10 | طَآئِفَةٍۢṭāifatin | a party | طوف |
| 11 | مِّنكُمْminkum | of you | — |
| 12 | نُعَذِّبْnuʿadhib | We will punish | عذب |
| 13 | طَآئِفَةًۢṭāifatan | a party | طوف |
| 14 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | because they | — |
| 15 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 16 | مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna | criminals | جرم |