Surah At-Taubah Ayah 94

At-Taubah · Ayah 94 · Juz 11 · Page 202

يَعۡتَذِرُونَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ إِذَا رَجَعۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡۚ قُل لَّا تَعۡتَذِرُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لَكُمۡ قَدۡ نَبَّأَنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنۡ أَخۡبَارِكُمۡۚ وَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمۡ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٤

Yaʿtadhirūna ilaykum idhā rajaʿtum ilayhim, qul lā taʿtadhirū lan nuʾmina lakum qad nabbaʾanallāhu min akhbārikum, wa sayarallāhu ʿamalakum wa rasūluhū thumma turaddūna ilā ʿālimil-ghaybi wash-shahādati fayunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

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,1 and He will inform you of what you used to do."

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. See footnotes to 6:73.

Tafsir

Tafsir of ayahs 94–96

They (the hypocrites) will present their excuses to you (Muslims), when you return to them. Say "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you. Allah has already informed us of the news concerning you. Allah and His Messenger will observe your deeds. In the end you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He (Allah) will inform you of what you used to do. (94)They will swear by Allah to you (Muslims) when you return to them, that you may turn away from them. So turn away from them. Surely, they are Rijs (impure), and Hell is their dwelling place – a recompense for that which they used to earn (95)They (the hypocrites) swear to you (Muslims) that you may be pleased with them, but if you are pleased with them, certainly Allah is not pleased with the people who are Fasiqin (rebellious)(96)

Exposing the Deceitful Ways of Hypocrites

Allah said that when the believers go back to Al-Madinah, the hypocrites will begin apologizing to them.

قُل لَّا تَعْتَذِرُوا لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ

(Say "Present no excuses, we shall not believe you."), we shall not believe what you say,

قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ

(Allah has already informed us of the news concerning you.) Allah has exposed your news to us,

وَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ

(Allah and His Messenger will observe your deeds.) your actions will be made public to people in this life,

ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

(In the end you will be brought back to the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He (Allah) will inform you of what you used to do.)

Allah will inform you of your deeds, whether they were good or evil, and will recompense you for them. Allah said that the hypocrites will swear to the believers in apology, so that the believers turn away from them without admonishing them. Therefore, Allah ordered disgracing them by turning away from them, for they are,

رِجْسٌ

(Rijs) meaning, impure inwardly and in their creed. Their destination in the end will be Jahannam,

جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

(a recompense for that which they used to earn.) of sins and evil deeds. Allah said that if the believers forgive the hypocrites when they swear to them,

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَرْضَىٰ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَاسِقِينَ

(certainly Allah is not pleased with the people who are Fasiqin.) who rebel against the obedience of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. 'Fisq' means 'deviation'.

Word by word30 words

  • يَعۡتَذِرُونَThey will make excuses
  • إِلَيۡكُمۡto you
  • إِذَاwhen
  • رَجَعۡتُمۡyou (have) returned
  • إِلَيۡهِمۡۚto them
  • قُلSay
  • لَّا(Do) not
  • تَعۡتَذِرُواْmake excuse
  • لَنnever
  • نُّؤۡمِنَwe will believe
  • لَكُمۡyou
  • قَدۡVerily
  • نَبَّأَنَاAllah (has) informed us
  • ٱللَّهُAllah (has) informed us
  • مِنۡof
  • أَخۡبَارِكُمۡۚyour news
  • وَسَيَرَىand Allah will see
  • ٱللَّهُand Allah will see
  • عَمَلَكُمۡyour deeds
  • وَرَسُولُهُۥand His Messenger
  • ثُمَّThen
  • تُرَدُّونَyou will be brought back
  • إِلَىٰto
  • عَٰلِمِ(the) Knower
  • ٱلۡغَيۡبِ(of) the unseen
  • وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِand the seen
  • فَيُنَبِّئُكُمthen He will inform you
  • بِمَاof what
  • كُنتُمۡyou used (to)
  • تَعۡمَلُونَdo

Repeated phrases

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At-Taubahالتوبة

Repentance · Medinan · 129 ayahs

Juz
11
Page
202
Hizb
21