The Quran

سورة الرُّوم

Surah Al-Rûm 30:57

The Byzantines · Verse 57 of 60

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

Abdul Mannan 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).

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).

Ahmed Ali

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

12 more translations

Ali Unal

On that Day their excuses will be of no avail to the wrongdoers (who denied God or associated partners with Him), nor will they be allowed to make amends (nor offer regrets to escape the punishment).

Daryabadi

On that Day the excusing of themselves will not profit those who did wrong, nor shall they be suffered to please Allah.

Faridul Haque

So on that day the unjust will not benefit from their excuses, nor will anyone ask them for compensation.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So that day their excuse will not profit those who were unjust, nor will they be granted goodwill.

Maulvi Sher Ali

So on that day their excuses will not avail the wrongdoers; nor will they be allowed to make amends.

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.

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

The excuses of the unjust on this day will be of no avail to them and they will not be able to please God.

Muhammed ali Shakir

But on that day their excuse shall not profit those who were unjust, nor shall they be regarded with goodwill.

Rashad Khalifa

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

Shabbir Ahmed

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

Commentary 30:57 lâ Yusta‘tabûn وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ also means they will not be permitted to make amends or any corrections, and no excuse will be accepted (Tâj;…

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يَنفَعُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

30:57 lâ Yusta‘tabûn وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ also means they will not be permitted to make amends or any corrections, and no excuse will be accepted (Tâj; Lisân).