Quran glossary · draft

الاسْتِعْتَاب

make amends

To seek a chance to answer blame and restore the offended party's satisfaction.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: عتب

Lemmas: يستعتب · معتب

Forms: يُسْتَعْتَبُ · يَسْتَعْتِبُ · مُعْتَبِينَ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

16:84

وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

30:57

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يَنفَعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

41:24

فَإِن يَصْبِرُوا۟ فَٱلنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَّهُمْ وَإِن يَسْتَعْتِبُوا۟ فَمَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُعْتَبِينَ

41:24

فَإِن يَصْبِرُوا۟ فَٱلنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَّهُمْ وَإِن يَسْتَعْتِبُوا۟ فَمَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُعْتَبِينَ

45:35

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّكُمُ ٱتَّخَذْتُمْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوًا وَغَرَّتْكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All five occurrences were reviewed. Form X presents condemned people seeking or being allowed to seek restoration from blame, and the form IV passive participle names those whose effort would be accepted; every context denies that possibility after judgment.