سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ

Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 77

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وَنَادَوْا۟ يَـٰمَـٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّـٰكِثُونَ ﴿77﴾
And they will cry: "O Malik (Keeper of Hell)! Let your Lord make an end of us." He will say: "Verily, you shall abide forever."
وَنَادَوْا۟ wanādaw And they will call
يَـٰمَـٰلِكُ yāmāliku O Malik
لِيَقْضِ liyaqḍi Let put an end
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā to us
رَبُّكَ ۖ rabbuka your Lord
قَالَ qāla He (will) say
إِنَّكُم innakum Indeed, you
مَّـٰكِثُونَ mākithūna (will) remain

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77. 1 Malik is the name of the keeper of Hell. 77. 2 That is, just give us death so that we may be freed from the punishment. 77. 3 That is, where is death there? But the life of punishment there will be even worse than death, however, there will be no alternative to it.