يَعْتَذِرُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُل لَّا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكُمْ قَدْ نَبَّأَنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكُمْ ۚ وَسَيَرَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
ya'taziroona ilaikum izaa raja'tum ilaihim; qul laa ta'taziroo lan nu'mina lakum qad nabba annal laahu min akhbaarikum; wa sa yaral laahu 'amalakum wa Rasooluhoo suma turaddoona ilaa 'Aalimil Ghaibi washshahaadati fa yunabbi'ukum bimaa kuntum ta'maloon
They will make excuses to you when you have returned to them. Say, "Make no excuse - never will we believe you. Allah has already informed us of your news. And Allah 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."
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9:94Ayah 1129
29 ayahs in At-Tawba are strongly about hypocrisy. This is one of them.
← Previous on Hypocrisy9:93The cause [for blame] is only upon those who ask permission of you while they are rich. They are satisfied to be with those who stay behind,Next on Hypocrisy →9:95They will swear by Allah to you when you return to them that you would leave them alone. So leave them alone; indeed they are evil;
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They will make excuses to you for having stayed behind when you return to them from the campaign. Say to them ‘Do not make excuses; we will never believe you! God has already told us tidings of you that is He has already informed us of your true status. And God will see your work and so will His Messenger then you will be returned through resurrection to the Knower of the unseen and the visible meaning to God and He will tell you what you used to do’ and requite you for it.
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