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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 88

The Family of Imraan · Medinan · Juz 3 · Page 61

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ﴿88﴾
They will abide therein (Hell). Neither will their torment be lightened, nor will it be delayed or postponed (for a while).
خَـٰلِدِينَ khālidīna (They will) abide forever
فِيهَا fīhā in it
لَا Not
يُخَفَّفُ yukhaffafu will be lightened
عَنْهُمُ ʿanhumu for them
ٱلْعَذَابُ l-ʿadhābu the punishment
وَلَا walā and not
هُمْ hum they
يُنظَرُونَ yunẓarūna will be reprieved

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88. They will remain in the punishment forever; neither will the punishment be lightened for them, nor will they be given respite [77].

[77] That is, the punishment of Hell will be so continuous and unceasing in its intensity and severity that there will never be any reduction in its heat and severity, nor will there ever be any pause given between the punishments.