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Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 94 (9:94)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

يَعْتَذِرُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُل لَّا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ قَدْ …

Quran 9:94 is ayah 94 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 202 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:94
يَعْتَذِرُونَإِلَيْكُمْإِذَارَجَعْتُمْإِلَيْهِمْ ۚقُللَّاتَعْتَذِرُوا۟لَننُّؤْمِنَلَكُمْقَدْنَبَّأَنَاٱللَّهُمِنْأَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚوَسَيَرَىٱللَّهُعَمَلَكُمْوَرَسُولُهُۥثُمَّتُرَدُّونَإِلَىٰعَٰلِمِٱلْغَيْبِوَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِفَيُنَبِّئُكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ٩٤
yaʿtadhirūna ilaykum idhā rajaʿtum ilayhim qul lā taʿtadhirū lan nu'mina lakum qad nabba-anā l-lahu min akhbārikum wasayarā l-lahu ʿamalakum warasūluhu thumma turaddūna ilā ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fayunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

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, and He will inform you of what you used to do."(94)

Word by word

  1. يَعْتَذِرُونَyaʿtadhirūnaThey will make excuses
  2. إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you
  3. إِذَاidhāwhen
  4. رَجَعْتُمْrajaʿtumyou (have) returned
  5. إِلَيْهِمْ ۚilayhimto them
  6. قُلqulSay
  7. لَّاlā(Do) not
  8. تَعْتَذِرُوا۟taʿtadhirūmake excuse
  9. لَنlannever
  10. نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believe
  11. لَكُمْlakumyou
  12. قَدْqadVerily
  13. نَبَّأَنَاnabba-anāAllah (has) informed us
  14. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) informed us
  15. مِنْminof
  16. أَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚakhbārikumyour news
  17. وَسَيَرَىwasayarāand Allah will see
  18. ٱللَّهُl-lahuand Allah will see
  19. عَمَلَكُمْʿamalakumyour deeds
  20. وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
  21. ثُمَّthummaThen
  22. تُرَدُّونَturaddūnayou will be brought back
  23. إِلَىٰilāto
  24. عَٰلِمِʿālimi(the) Knower
  25. ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi(of) the unseen
  26. وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِwal-shahādatiand the seen
  27. فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumthen He will inform you
  28. بِمَاbimāof what
  29. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
  30. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Tafsir (commentary) of 9:94

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This commentary explains ayahs 9:94–96 together.

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 لاَّ تَعْتَذِرُواْ 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 إِلَى عَـلِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ 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,

جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُواْ 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 لاَ يَرْضَى عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْفَـسِقِينَ

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

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