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Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 37

سورة المائدة، الآية ٣٧

5:37 Juz 6 Hizb 12 Page 114 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 5:37

يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنْهَا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ ۝٣٧

Transliteration

yurīdūna an yakhrujū mina l-nāri wamā hum bikhārijīna min'hā walahum ʿadhābun muqīmun

Translation

They will wish to get out of the Fire, but never are they to emerge therefrom, and for them is an enduring punishment.

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Verse 37 of Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:37), a Medinan surah, is in juz 6, on page 114 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 37

Al-Mukhtasar

They will want to leave the fire of Hell after they enter it. But how can that happen? They will never come out of it. Instead, they will always remain in it and they will receive a continuous punishment.

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Other translations of verse 37

They will wish to get out of the Fire, but they will never get out of it, and for them there will be an everlasting punishment.

They will long to get out of the Fire, but never will they get out therefrom; and theirs will be a lasting torment.

They will wish to come forth from the Fire, but they will not come forth from it. Theirs will be a lasting doom.

Their wish will be to get out of the Fire, but never will they get out therefrom: their penalty will be one that endures.

They would desire to go forth from the fire, and they shall not go forth from it, and they shall have a lasting punishment.

They would like to go out of the Fire, and in no way will they be going out of it; and they will have a perpetual torment.

Verse 37 word by word

  1. يُرِيدُونَ yurīdūna They will wish ر و د
  2. أَن an that
  3. يَخْرُجُوا۟ yakhrujū they come out خ ر ج
  4. مِنَ mina of
  5. ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri the Fire ن و ر
  6. وَمَا wamā but not
  7. هُم hum they
  8. بِخَٰرِجِينَ bikhārijīna will come out خ ر ج
  9. مِنْهَا min'hā of it
  10. وَلَهُمْ walahum And for them
  11. عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun (is) a punishment ع ذ ب
  12. مُّقِيمٌ muqīmun lasting ق و م

Verses related to verse 37

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:79

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا

    And from [part of] the night, pray with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān] as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.

  • Al-Hajj 22:22

    كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

    Every time they want to get out of it [i.e., Hellfire] from anguish, they will be returned to it, and [it will be said], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire!"

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