Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:66

9:66

لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚ إِن نَّعْفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَآئِفَةًۢ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

lā taʿtadhirū qad kafartum baʿda īmānikum in naʿfu ʿan ṭāifatin minkum nuʿadhib ṭāifatan bi-annahum kānū muj'rimīna

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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.).

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

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Word by Word

لَاlā(Do) not
تَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirūmake excuse
قَدْqadverily
كَفَرْتُمkafartumyou have disbelieved
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِيمَـٰنِكُمْۚīmānikumyour belief
إِنinIf
نَّعْفُnaʿfuWe pardon
عَنʿan[on]
طَآئِفَةٍۢṭāifatina party
مِّنكُمْminkumof you
نُعَذِّبْnuʿadhibWe will punish
طَآئِفَةًۢṭāifatana party
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals