Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

So, that day, their excuses will not profit those who do wrong, nor will they be allowed to make amends.

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ
Fayawma-ithin la yanfaAAu allatheenathalamoo maAAthiratuhum wala humyustaAAtaboon
#wordmeaningroot
1fayawma-idhinSo that Day
2not
3yanfaʿuwill profitنفع
4alladhīnathose who
5ẓalamūwrongedظلم
6maʿdhiratuhumtheir excusesعذر
7walāand not
8humthey
9yus'taʿtabūnawill be allowed to make amendsعتب
  • Aisha Bewley

    On that Day the excuses of those who did wrong will not help them nor will they be able to appease Allah.

  • Progressive Muslims

    So on that Day, the excuses of those who transgressed will not help them, nor will they be allowed to revert.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And so on that Day no apologies of the wrongdoers will avail them, nor will they be allowed to make amends.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    So, that day, their excuses will not profit those who do wrong, nor will they be allowed to make amends.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    So on that Day, the excuses of those who transgressed will not help them, nor will they be allowed to return.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    So on that day, the excuses of those who transgressed will not help them, nor will they be allowed to revert.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Therefore, no apology, on that day, will benefit the transgressors, nor will they be excused.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Their excuses will be of no avail to the sinners on that day, and they will not be allowed to beg for favour.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    So that Day, their excuse will not benefit those who wronged, nor will they be asked to appease .

  • Muhammad Asad

    And so, on that Day their excuse will be of no avail to those who were bent on evildoing, nor will they be allowed to make amends.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    In that day their excuses will not profit those who did injustice, nor will they be allowed to make amends.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    So that will be the Day when the excuses of the wrong-doers will not avail them, nor will they be asked to make amends.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    There and then no excuse shall be accepted from the wrongful of actions nor shall they be reproved nor be graced now by repentance.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    On that Day, no excuse of the wrongdoers will be accepted; nor will they be given any opportunity to please the Lord.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail those who did wrong (by associating partners in worship with Allâh, and by denying the Day of Resurrection), nor will they be allowed (then) to return to seek Allâh’s Pleasure (by having Islâmic Faith with righteous deeds and by giving up polytheism, sins and crimes with repentance).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail the transgressors, nor will they be invited (then) to seek grace (by repentance).

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    So on that Day the wrongdoers’ excuses will not benefit them, nor will they be allowed to appease ˹their Lord˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    So, on that Day, their apology will not benefit the wrongdoers, nor will they be asked to repent.

  • Abdul Haleem

    On that Day the evildoers’ excuses will be of no use to them: they will not be allowed to make amends.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    So that day their excuses will not profit the evildoers, nor will they be suffered to make amends.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And on that day their excuse shall profit not those who did wrong; nor shall they be asked to please God again.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And those who are given knowledge and faith will say, "Certainly (indeed, in truth) you tarried according to the ordinance of Allah till the Day of Resurrection, so this is the Day of Resurrection, but you were not aware. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Then, upon that Day their ready excuse (s) will not profit the ones who did injustice, nor will they (be allowed to) make amends.

  • George Sale

    On that day their excuse shall not avail those who have acted unjustly; neither shall they be invited any more to make themselves acceptable unto God.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    So, on that Day no excuse from them will be of use to those who exceeded the limits, and they will not be welcome to (Allah's) pleasure.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    So on that Day no excuses (in their defence) will avail those who had acted unjustly, nor will they be allowed to approach the threshold (to be admitted into the fold of the near ones of God).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    On that day the excuses of the wrongdoers will not benefit them, nor will they be asked to propitiate .