سورة الصافات، الآية ٥٩
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٥٩
illā mawtatanā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimuʿadhabīna
Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"
Verse 59 of Surah As-Saffat (37:59), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 448 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
79 recitations by 73 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
“Except the first death of ours in the world. Instead, we will live forever in Paradise and will not be punished like the disbelievers will be.”
except for our first death, nor are we going to be punished?”
Except our first death, and we shall not be punished? (after we have entered Paradise)."
Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?
"Except our first death, and that we shall not be punished?"
Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised?
Except for our first death, and in no way will we be tormented?
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
And we are not to be punished."
