Al An‘ām

ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُن فِتْنَتُهُمْ إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ وَاللّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ

انظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُواْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ

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

24. "See how they (the polytheists) lie against their own selves, and that which they were forging has passed away from them."

The Arabic term /fitnah/, here, has been rendered into 'intimidated to idols and paganism'; or, it means 'excuse'.

As their quality requires, liars tell lies on the Day of Judgment, too. In this regard the Qur'an says:

Regarding this holy verse, Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali (as) in a tradition has said that after this lie, their lips will be sealed and their other limbs will tell the truth. Thus, in the court of Allah, neither telling a lie is helpful, nor an oath.

Hence, the polytheists will dislike their own thoughts and creeds on the Hereafter Day, when they will say:

However, on the Hereafter Day, surely hating polytheism will not be helpful.