The Holy Quran 9:66 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

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

Translation

"Do not make excuses. You have surely committed kufr (by mocking Allaah, Rasulullaah ﷺ or Allaah's Aayaat) after (your claim to) having Imaan. If We forgive a party of you (because of their sincere repentance), We shall certainly punish another party because they had been culprits (sinners)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, inventing false excuses and pretexts is of no use. Those who are to receive the punishment for hypocrisy and mockery will certainly receive it. However, those who even now repent with a sincere heart and desist from their crimes, Allah will forgive; or those who even before, despite their disbelief and hypocrisy, kept away from such mischief-making…

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