Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:84

16:84

وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

wayawma nabʿathu min kulli ummatin shahīdan thumma lā yu'dhanu lilladhīna kafarū walā hum yus'taʿtabūna

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].

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) the Day when We shall raise up from each nation a witness (their Messenger), then, those who disbelieved will not be given leave (to put forward excuses), nor will they be allowed (to return to the world) to repent and ask for Allâh’s Forgiveness (of their sins).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd the Day
نَبْعَثُnabʿathuWe will resurrect
مِنminfrom
كُلِّkullievery
أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
شَهِيدًۭاshahīdana witness
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاlānot
يُؤْذَنُyu'dhanuwill be permitted
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
وَلَاwalāand not
هُمْhumthey
يُسْتَعْتَبُونَyus'taʿtabūnawill be asked to make amends