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Surah Ali ’Imran, Verse 88

سورة آل عمران، الآية ٨٨

3:88 Juz 3 Hizb 6 Page 61 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 3:88

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ۝٨٨

Transliteration

khālidīna fīhā lā yukhaffafu ʿanhumu l-ʿadhābu walā hum yunẓarūna

Translation

Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved,

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Verse 88 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:88), a Medinan surah, is in juz 3, on page 61 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 88

Al-Mukhtasar

These disbelievers will live eternally in the fire of Hell, never to leave! Their suffering will not be lightened and they will not be given more time to repent and ask for forgiveness.

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Other translations of verse 88

They will abide therein forever. Their punishment will neither be lightened, nor will they be given respite,

They will abide therein (Hell). Neither will their torment be lightened, nor will it be delayed or postponed (for a while).

They will abide therein. Their doom will not be lightened, neither will they be reprieved;

In that will they dwell; nor will their penalty be lightened, nor respite be (their lot);-

Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall they be respited.

Eternally (abiding) therein. The torment will not be lightened for them, and they will not be respited.

Verse 88 word by word

  1. خَٰلِدِينَ khālidīna (They will) abide forever خ ل د
  2. فِيهَا fīhā in it
  3. لَا lā Not
  4. يُخَفَّفُ yukhaffafu will be lightened خ ف ف
  5. عَنْهُمُ ʿanhumu for them
  6. ٱلْعَذَابُ l-ʿadhābu the punishment ع ذ ب
  7. وَلَا walā and not
  8. هُمْ hum they
  9. يُنظَرُونَ yunẓarūna will be reprieved ن ظ ر

Verses related to verse 88

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:162

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:86

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.

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