Al-Qur'an Surah Ghafir Verse 52

Mufti Taqi Usmani

a day when apology of the unjust will bring them no benefit, and on them shall be the curse, and for them will be the evil abode.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

the Day the wrongdoers’ excuses will be of no benefit to them. They will be condemned, and will have the worst outcome.[[ i.e., the Hellfire. ]] 

Ruwwad Translation Center

the Day when the excuses of the wrongdoers will be of no benefit to them; and they will be cursed and for them there will be the worst abode.

A. J. Arberry

upon the day when their excuses shall not profit the evildoers, and theirs shall be the curse, and theirs the evil abode.

Abdul Haleem

On the Day when excuses will not profit the evildoers, their fate will be rejection and they will have the worst of homes.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A Day whereon their excuse will not Profit the wrong- doers; and theirs Will be the curse and theirs the evil Abode.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Day when no profit will it be to Wrong-doers to present their excuses, but they will (only) have the Curse and the Home of Misery.

Abul Ala Maududi

the Day when the excuses offered by the wrong-doers shall not avail them. They shall be victims of the curse and a woeful abode.

Ahmed Ali

The day upon which their excuses will not benefit the evil-doers, and the condemnation and evil abode will be theirs.

Ahmed Raza Khan

The day on which the unjust will not gain any benefit from their excuses, and for them is the curse, and for them is the wretched home.

Ali Quli Qarai

the day when the excuses of the wrongdoers will not benefit them, the curse will lie on them, and for them will be the ills of the [ultimate] abode.

Ali Ünal

The Day when their excuses will not avail the wrongdoers, and for them there is curse (they will be eternally excluded from God’s mercy), and for them there is the evil abode.

Amatul Rahman Omar

The day when their apologies will not avail the wrongdoers and they shall have the disapproval of Allâh, and the evil abode will be their lot.

English Literal

A day/time, the unjust/oppressive, their apologies/excuses do not benefit (them), and for them (is) the curse/torture, and for them the house`s/home`s bad/evil/harm.

Faridul Haque

The day on which the unjust will not gain any benefit from their excuses, and for them is the curse, and for them is the wretched home.

Hamid S. Aziz

The day on which their excuse shall not benefit the unjust, and for them is a curse and for them is the abode of misery.

Hilali & Khan

The Day when their excuses will be of no profit to Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah). Theirs will be the curse, and theirs will be the evil abode (i.e. painful torment in Hell-fire).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

We certainly help Our messengers, and those who believe, in this world’s life and on the day when the witnesses arise --

Mohammad Habib Shakir

The day on which their excuse shall not benefit the unjust, and for them is curse and for them is the evil abode.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

The day when their excuse availeth not the evil-doers, and theirs is the curse, and theirs the ill abode.

Muhammad Sarwar

The excuses of the unjust will be of no benefit to them on that day. They will be condemned to live in a most terrible abode.

Qaribullah & Darwish

On that Day no excuse will benefit the harmdoers. Theirs shall be the curse, and an evil lodging.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

The Day when their excuses will be of no profit to wrongdoers. Theirs will be the curse, and theirs will be the evil abode.

Wahiduddin Khan

The Day when their excuses will be of no avail to the wrongdoers, the curse shall be their lot and they will have the most evil abode.

Talal Itani

The Day when their excuses will not profit the wrongdoers, and the curse will be upon them, and they will have the Home of Misery.

Tafsir jalalayn

the day when their excuses will not benefit (read l yanfa`u, or l tanfa`u) the evildoers, [even] if they were to offer them, and theirs will be the curse, in other words, the banishment from [God's] Mercy, and theirs will be the ills of the [ultimate] abode, in the Hereafter, meaning, the most severe of its chastisements.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ الظَّالِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ

The Day when their excuses will be of no profit to wrongdoers.

is referring to the same as;
وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الاَْشْهَادُ
(...the Day when the witnesses will stand forth).

Others read it with that meaning;

وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الاَْشْهَادُ


يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ الظَّالِمِينَ


And the Day the witnesses will stand forth, is a Day when there will be no profit to wrongdoers. (and the wrongdoers are the idolators).

مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ
(their excuses),

means, no excuse or ransom will be accepted from them.

وَلَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ

Theirs will be the curse,

means, they will be cast out far away from the mercy of Allah.

وَلَهُمْ سُوءُ الدَّارِ



and theirs will be the evil abode.

means, the Hell-fire,

as As-Suddi said, a terrible abode and dwelling place.
Indication that the Messenger and the Believers will prevail just as Musa and the Children of Israel prevailed

Allah says,