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Sura 77
Aya 36
36
وَلا يُؤذَنُ لَهُم فَيَعتَذِرونَ

Ali Unal

Nor will they be allowed to offer excuses.1
  • According to several verses, the people condemned to Hell will utter words of different import. For example, from Hell, they will address God and the believers in Paradise (23: 105–106), and they will address the chief guard of Hell (Mālik) (43: 77); on their way to Hell, they will also address the believers in order to try to get some of their light (57: 13–14); they will reproach themselves in the Place of Supreme Gathering (36: 52; 37: 20); they will dispute among themselves (34: 31–33); etc. So it can be concluded that everything will not take place in the same strain on the Day of Judgment. It will be a Day during which there will be many other “days”; thus, this verse mentions one of the scenes of the other world where the unbelievers will not utter a word, nor be allowed to offer excuses.