Surah At-Tawba 9:66 — translation and meaning

التوبة · Verse 66 / 129 · Page 197

ۚ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ إِن نَّعْفُ عَن طَائِفَةٍ مِّنكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَائِفَةً بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَعْتَذِرُوا
ta'tadhiru
make excuse
قَدْ
qad
verily
كَفَرْتُم
kafartum
you have disbelieved
بَعْدَ
ba'da
after
إِيمَانِكُمْ
imanikum
your belief
إِن
in
If
نَّعْفُ
na'fu
We pardon
عَن
an
[on]
طَائِفَةٍ
taifatin
a party
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
of you
نُعَذِّبْ
nu'adhib
We will punish
طَائِفَةً
taifatan
a party
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
because they
كَانُوا
kanu
were
مُجْرِمِينَ
muj'rimina
criminals

Transliteration

Laa ta'taziroo qad kafartum ba'da eemaanikum; in na'fu 'an taaa'ifatim minkum nu'az zib taaa'ifatam bi annahum kaanoo mujrimeen

Translation

Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do not present these false excuses, O hypocrites. You have exposed your disbelief, which was hidden, by making fun. If I were to pardon a group from among you, when they leave their hypocrisy and repent from it by sincerely repenting to Allah, I will punish another group from among you due to their remaining in hypocrisy and their failure to repent from it.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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