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Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 66 (9:66)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمْ ۚ إِن نَّعْفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ …

Quran 9:66 is ayah 66 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 197 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:66
لَاتَعْتَذِرُوا۟قَدْكَفَرْتُمبَعْدَإِيمَٰنِكُمْ ۚإِننَّعْفُعَنطَآئِفَةٍمِّنكُمْنُعَذِّبْطَآئِفَةًۢبِأَنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟مُجْرِمِينَ٦٦
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.(66)

Word by word

  1. لَاlā(Do) not
  2. تَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirūmake excuse
  3. قَدْqadverily
  4. كَفَرْتُمkafartumyou have disbelieved
  5. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  6. إِيمَٰنِكُمْ ۚīmānikumyour belief
  7. إِنinIf
  8. نَّعْفُnaʿfuWe pardon
  9. عَنʿan[on]
  10. طَآئِفَةٍṭāifatina party
  11. مِّنكُمْminkumof you
  12. نُعَذِّبْnuʿadhibWe will punish
  13. طَآئِفَةًۢṭāifatana party
  14. بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
  15. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  16. مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals

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