Text of verse 87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ ١٣
Transliteration
thumma lā yamūtu fīhā walā yaḥyā
Translation
Neither dying therein nor living.
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-A’la, Verse 13
سورة الأعلى، الآية ١٣
Verse 13 of Surah Al-A’la (87:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 591 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 13
Al-Mukhtasar
Then he will remain forever in the Fire without dying therein and being relieved of the punishment he suffers from, and without living a good and decent life.
Other translations of verse 13
wherein he will neither die nor live.
There he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).
Wherein he will neither die nor live.
In which they will then neither die nor live.
Then therein he shall neither live nor die.
Thereafter he will neither die therein, nor live.
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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Az-Zukhruf 43:77
وَنَادَوْا۟ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ
And they will call, "O Mālik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."
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Fatir 35:36
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍ
And for those who disbelieve will be the fire of Hell. [Death] is not decreed for them so they may die, nor will its torment be lightened for them. Thus do We recompense every ungrateful one.
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Taha 20:74
إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Indeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.