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Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 77

سورة الزخرف، الآية ٧٧

43:77 Juz 25 Hizb 50 Page 495 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 43:77

وَنَادَوْا۟ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ ۝٧٧

Transliteration

wanādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithūna

Translation

And they will call, "O Mālik,1449 let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

Notes

[1449] Addressing the keeper of Hell.

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Tafsir of verse 77

Al-Mukhtasar

They will call out to Mālik, the gatekeeper of the hellfire, saying: “O Mālik! Our Lord should make us die so that we are relieved of this punishment!” Mālik will answer them saying, “You are to remain forever in the punishment. You will not die, nor will the punishment stop from you.”

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Other translations of verse 77

They will cry out, “O Mālik28, let your Lord put an end to us!” He will say, “You are here to stay.”

Notes

[28] The chief keeper of Hell.

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."

And they cry: O master! Let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Lo! here ye must remain.

They will cry: "O Malik! would that thy Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Nay, but ye shall abide!"

And they shall call out: O Malik! let your Lord make an end of us. He shall say: Surely you shall tarry.

And they will call out, "O Malik, (keeper of Hell) let your Lord decree upon us!" He will say, "Surely you are staying."

Verse 77 word by word

  1. وَنَادَوْا۟ wanādaw And they will call ن د ي
  2. يَٰمَٰلِكُ yāmāliku O Malik م ل ك
  3. لِيَقْضِ liyaqḍi Let put an end ق ض ي
  4. عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā to us
  5. رَبُّكَ rabbuka your Lord ر ب ب
  6. قَالَ qāla He (will) say ق و ل
  7. إِنَّكُم innakum Indeed, you
  8. مَّٰكِثُونَ mākithūna (will) remain م ك ث

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3230

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting the following Verse on the pulpit: "They will call: O Malik...' and Sufyan said that `Abdullah recited it: 'They will call: O Mali...' (43.77)

يَقْرَأُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ‏‏{‏وَنَادَوْا يَا مَالِكُ‏}‏‏.‏ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فِي قِرَاءَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَنَادَوْا يَا مَالِ‏.‏

Narrated by Ya‘lā ibn Umayya + 3 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4819

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting when on the pulpit: 'They will cry, "O Malik (Keeper of Hell) Let your Lord make an end of us.' (43.77)

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ…

Narrated by Ya‘lā ibn Umayya + 3 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 871

0 Malik."

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، - قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، - عَنْ عَمْرٍو، سَمِعَ عَطَاءً، يُخْبِرُ عَنْ…

Narrated by Ya‘lā ibn Umayya + 3 other versions

Other hadiths (2)

Verses related to verse 77

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • 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.

  • Al-A’la 87:11–13

    وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى …

    But the wretched one will avoid it – …

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