وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ
لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا
كُنَّا نَخُوضُ
وَنَلْعَبُ ۚ قُلْ
أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦ
وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ
تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟
قَدْ كَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ
إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ ۚ إِن
نَّعْفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٍ
مِّنكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ
طَآئِفَةًۢ بِأَنَّهُمْ
كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
If you ask them
(about this),
they declare:
“We were only
talking idly and
joking.” Say: “Was
it at Allah, and
His Ayat and His
Messenger that you
were mocking”
Make no excuse;
you disbelieved
after you had
believed. If We
pardon some
of you, We will
punish others
among you because
they were criminals.
The Hypocrites rely on False, Misguided Excuses
`Abdullah bin `Umar said, “During the battle of Tabuk, a man was sitting in a gathering and said, `I have never seen like these reciters of ours! They have the hungriest stomachs, the most lying tongues and are the most cowardice in battle.’ A man in the Masjid said, `You lie. You are a hypocrite, and I will surely inform the Messenger of Allah. ‘ This statement was conveyed to the Messenger of Allah and also a part of the Qur’an was revealed about it.”’ `Abdullah bin `Umar said, “I have seen that man afterwards holding onto the shoulders of the Messenger’s camel while stones were falling on him, declaring, `O Allah’s Messenger! We were only engaged in idle talk and jesting,’ while the Messenger of Allah was reciting,
أَبِاللَّهِ وَءَايَـتِهِ
وَرَسُولِهِ كُنتُمْ
تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
“Was it at Allah, and His Ayat and His Messenger that you were mocking”
Allah said,
لاَ تَعْتَذِرُواْ قَدْ
كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَـنِكُمْ
Make no excuse; you disbelieved after you had believed
on account of your statement and mocking,
إِن نَّعْفُ عَن طَآئِفَةٍ
مِّنْكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طَآئِفَةً
If We pardon some of you, We will punish others among you
for not all of you will be forgiven, some will have to taste the torment,
بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ مُجْرِمِينَ
because they were criminals
they were criminals because of this terrible, sinful statement.