Quran 9:94 — At-Tawba, verse 94
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When you return from the expedition they will carry on coming to you [believers] with excuses. Say, ‘Do not make excuses. We do not believe you: God has told us about you. God and His Messenger will watch your actions now, and in the end you will be returned to the One who knows the seen and the unseen. He will confront you with what you have done.’
يَعْتَذِرُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُلْ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚ وَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿtadhirūna ilaykum idhā rajaʿtum ilayhim qul lā taʿtadhirū lan nu'mina lakum qad nabba-anā l-lahu min akhbārikum wasayarā l-lahu ʿamalakum warasūluhu thumma turaddūna ilā ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fayunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They will excuse themselves to you, when you return to them. Say: 'Do not excuse yourselves; we will not believe you. God has already told us tidings of you. God will surely see your work, and His Messenger, then you will be returned to Him who knows the unseen and the visible, and He will tell you what you were doing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [And] they will [still] be offering excuses to you when you return to them, [from the campaign]! Say: "Do not offer [empty] excuses, [for] we shall not believe you: God has already enlightened us about you. And God will behold your [future] deeds, and [so will] His Apostle; and in the end you will be brought before Him who knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being's perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature's senses or mind, and then He will make you truly understand what you were doing [in life]."
- Sahih International
- They will make excuses to you when you have returned to them. Say, "Make no excuse - never will we believe you. Allāh has already informed us of your news [i.e., affair]. And Allāh 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَعْتَذِرُونَyaʿtadhirūna | They will make excuses | عذر |
| 2 | إِلَيْكُمْilaykum | to you | — |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 4 | رَجَعْتُمْrajaʿtum | you (have) returned | رجع |
| 5 | إِلَيْهِمْ ۚilayhim | to them | — |
| 6 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 7 | لَّاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 8 | تَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirū | make excuse | عذر |
| 9 | لَنlan | never | — |
| 10 | نُّؤْمِنَnu'mina | we will believe | أمن |
| 11 | لَكُمْlakum | you | — |
| 12 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 13 | نَبَّأَنَاnabba-anā | Allah (has) informed us | نبأ |
| 14 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah (has) informed us | أله |
| 15 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 16 | أَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚakhbārikum | your news | خبر |
| 17 | وَسَيَرَىwasayarā | and Allah will see | رأي |
| 18 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | and Allah will see | أله |
| 19 | عَمَلَكُمْʿamalakum | your deeds | عمل |
| 20 | وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhu | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 21 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 22 | تُرَدُّونَturaddūna | you will be brought back | ردد |
| 23 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 24 | عَـٰلِمِʿālimi | (the) Knower | علم |
| 25 | ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi | (of) the unseen | غيب |
| 26 | وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādati | and the seen | شهد |
| 27 | فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukum | then He will inform you | نبأ |
| 28 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 29 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used (to) | كون |
| 30 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | do | عمل |