Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“O you who ignore warning: make no excuses this day; you are but being rewarded for what you did!”

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Ya ayyuha allatheenakafaroo la taAAtathiroo alyawma innamatujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloon
  • Aisha Bewley

    ‘You who are kafir! do not try to excuse yourselves today. You are merely being repaid for what you did.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    O you who have rejected, do not apologize today. You are being requited only for what you did.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    O You rejecters of the Truth! Make no excuses for yourselves this Day. You are only being paid for what you used to do.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “O you who ignore warning: make no excuses this day; you are but being rewarded for what you did!”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    O you who have rejected, do not apologize today. You are being requited only for what you did.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    O you who have rejected, do not apologize today. You are being requited only for what you did.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    O you who disbelieved, do not apologize today. You are being requited only for what you did.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    (And say:) "O you who do not believe, make no excuses today. You will be requited only for what you had done."

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

    O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

  • Muhammad Asad

    O you who are bent on denying the truth, make no excuses today: you shall be but recompensed for what you were doing .

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    (Then it will be said): O ye who disbelieve! Make no excuses for yourselves this day. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    (It will then be said): "Unbelievers, make no excuses today. You are being recompensed for nothing else but your deeds."*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "Make no excuses on this very Day. It serves you right, you are being requited for the deeds of inequity and the wrong actions you had done".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    …They will say: "O you who chose to disbelieve, do not look for an excuse today. You are here in Hell in account of what you were doing."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    (It will be said in the Hereafter) O you who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism)! Make no excuses this Day! You are being requited only for what you used to do.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    (They will say), "O ye Unbelievers! Make no excuses this Day! Ye are being but requited for all that ye did!"

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹The deniers will then be told,˺ "O disbelievers! Make no excuses this Day! You are only rewarded for what you used to do."

  • Taqi Usmani

    O you who disbelieve, do not make excuses today. You will only be recompensed for what you have been doing.

  • Abdul Haleem

    ‘You who disbelieve, make no excuses today: you are only being repaid for what you used to do.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    'O you unbelievers, do not excuse yourselves today; you are only being recompensed for what you were doing. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    O ye who disbelieve! excuse not yourselves today;- ye shall only be rewarded for that which ye have done.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    (It will be said, ) "O you who disbelieve! Make no excuses this day; you shall be rewarded only according to what you did. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    O you who have disbelieved, do not excuse yourselves today; surely you are only being recompensed for whatever you were doing.

  • George Sale

    O unbelievers, excuse not yourselves this day; ye shall surely be rewarded for what ye have done.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    (They will say) "O you unbelievers! Make no excuses this Day! You are only being punished for all that you did!"

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    O you who disbelieve! (now when you are cast into the Fire) make no excuses this day. You are only requited for what you used to do.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    ‘O faithless ones! Do not make any excuses today. You are only being requited for what you used to do.’

#wordmeaningroot
1yāayyuhāO
2alladhīna(you) who
3kafarūdisbelieveكفر
4lā(Do) not
5taʿtadhirūmake excusesعذر
6l-yawmatodayيوم
7innamāOnly
8tuj'zawnayou will be recompensedجزي
9mā(for) what
10kuntumyou used toكون
11taʿmalūnadoعمل