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Az-Zukhruf 77

Ayah 77 of 89 · Meccan

وَنَادَوۡاْ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقۡضِ عَلَيۡنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ ٧٧

And they will call, "O Mālik,1 let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Addressing the keeper of Hell.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَنَادَوۡاْAnd they will callwanādaw
  2. يَٰمَٰلِكُO Malikyāmāliku
  3. لِيَقۡضِLet put an endliyaqḍi
  4. عَلَيۡنَاto usʿalaynā
  5. رَبُّكَۖyour Lordrabbuka
  6. قَالَHe (will) sayqāla
  7. إِنَّكُمIndeed, youinnakum
  8. مَّٰكِثُونَ(will) remainmākithūna

Tafsir

They will call out to Mālik, the gatekeeper of the hellfire, saying: “O Mālik! Our Lord should make us die so that we are relieved of this punishment!” Mālik will answer them saying, “You are to remain forever in the punishment. You will not die, nor will the punishment stop from you.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran