Al-An'am Verse 23

Their only argument will be: “By Allah, our Lord! We were never polytheists.”

Then they will have no excuse but to say, “By Allah, our Lord, we never associated any partners [with Allah].”

Then they shall have no proving, but to say, 'By God our Lord, we never associated other gods with Thee.'

they will only say, ‘By God, our Lord, we have not set up partners beside Him!’

Then they will have no excuse but to say: by God our Lord, we have not been associaters.

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 they will be able to play no mischief but will say (falsely): 'By Allah, our Lord, we associated none (with You in Your divinity).'

Then their excuse will be but to say: "By God our Lord, we were not idolaters."

Then they had no fabrication except that they said, “By Allah, our Lord, we were never polytheists!”

Then their only excuse will be to say, ‘By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists.’

Then they will have no argument except to say: "By God, our Lord, we were not of those who associated partners with God."

(On that Day) they would have no excuse, but that they would say, `By Allâh, Our Lord, we were never polytheists.´

Then their false tales/misguidance (excuse was not), except that they said: "By God, our Lord, we were not sharing (with God)."

Then they had no fabrication except that they said, “By Allah, our Lord, we were never polytheists!”

See how they lie against themselves, and how what they did invent deserts them!

There will then be (left) no Fitnah (excuses or statements or arguments) for them but to say: "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others in worship with Allah."

And on the day We gather them all together, then We shall say to those who set up gods (with Allah); Where are your associate-gods whom you asserted?

Then their excuse would be nothing but that they would say: By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists.

Then will they have no contention save that they will say: By Allah, our Lord, we never were idolaters.

Attempting to answer, they will say, "Lord, we swear by Your Name that we were not pagans".

Then it was not their trial, but they will say: 'By Allah, our Lord we have never been idolaters'

There will then be (left) no Fitnah for them but to say: "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others (in worship with Allah)."

Then they will have no excuse but to say, "By God our Lord, we have never been polytheists."

Then their only argument will be to say, “By God, our Lord, we were not idolaters.”

Then their dissension (read accusative fitnatahum or nominative fitnatuhum) their apology, was (read lam takun or lam yakun) only to say, in other words, [was only] their saying, `By God, our Lord (read rabbin as an adjective of [wa'Llhi, `by God'], or rabban as a vocative) we were never idolaters'.

ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُن فِتْنَتُهُمْ

There will then be (left) no Fitnah for them,

means, argument.

Ata' Al-Khurasani said that,
ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُن فِتْنَتُهُمْ
(There will then be (left) no Fitnah for them),

in the face of the affliction that will be placed on them,

إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ وَاللّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ



but to say;"By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who joined others (in worship with Allah)."

Allah said next,

انظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُواْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ