سورة الأنعام، الآية ٢٣
ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُن فِتْنَتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ وَٱللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ ٢٣
thumma lam takun fit'natuhum illā an qālū wal-lahi rabbinā mā kunnā mush'rikīna
Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allāh, our Lord, we were not those who associated."
Verse 23 of Surah Al-An’am (6:23), a Meccan surah, is in juz 7, on page 130 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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After this test, they will have no excuse and they will declare themselves free of what they worshipped, by dishonestly saying: By Allah, our Lord, we did not associate partners with You in the world; but we had faith in You and we accepted Your Oneness.
Then they will have no excuse but to say, “By Allah, our Lord, we never associated any partners [with Allah]6.”
[6] They will falsely swear, thinking they have something to stand on.
There will then be (left) no Fitnah (excuses or statements or arguments) for them but to say: "By Allâh, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allâh."
Then will they have no contention save that they will say: By Allah, our Lord, we never were idolaters.
There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: "By Allah our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with Allah."
Then their excuse would be nothing but that they would say: By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists.
Thereafter they will have no temptation (i.e., contention, subterfuge. Literally: their temptation will be (nothing) except that they (will) say, "By Allah, our Lord, in no way were we associators (of other gods with Allah)."
يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا فَيَحْلِفُونَ لَهُۥ كَمَا يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰذِبُونَ
On the Day Allāh will resurrect them all, and they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they are [standing] on something. Unquestionably, it is they who are the liars.
ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ …
Then it will be said to them, "Where is that which you used to associate [with Him in worship] …
