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Surah At-Tawba (9) — Ayah 66
لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚ إِن نَّعْفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَآئِفَةًۢ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ﴿66﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Make no excuse; you disbelieved after you had believed. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you because they were Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals.).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
66. 1. That is, the faith you continued to profess—after mocking Allah and His Messenger—no longer holds any value. In the first place, it was also based on hypocrisy. However, due to it, you were outwardly counted among the Muslims, but now even that allowance has ended.
66. 2. This refers to those people who realized their mistake, repented, and became sincere Muslims.
66. 3. These are those people who were not granted the ability to repent and persisted in disbelief and hypocrisy; therefore, the reason for this punishment has also been stated: that they were sinners.
66. 2. This refers to those people who realized their mistake, repented, and became sincere Muslims.
66. 3. These are those people who were not granted the ability to repent and persisted in disbelief and hypocrisy; therefore, the reason for this punishment has also been stated: that they were sinners.
