﴿ وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ﴾

“even though he may veil himself in excuses.”

(Although he tender his excuses) and says: I have not done this and have not said that; it is also said that this means: every soul is aware of the faults of others, ignorant of and oblivious to its own faults.