Verse 43:78 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
74 إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ فِی عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ ۝٧٤ inna l-muj'rimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūn But the evildoers will remain in Hell’s punishment 75 لَا یُفَتَّرُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِیهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ ۝٧٥ lā yufattaru ʿanhum wahum fīhi mub'lisūn from which there is no relief: they will remain in utter despair 76 وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ۝٧٦ wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū humu l-ẓālimīn We never wronged them; they were the ones who did wrong 77 وَنَادَوۡا۟ یَـٰمَـٰلِكُ لِیَقۡضِ عَلَیۡنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّـٰكِثُونَ ۝٧٧ wanādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithūn They will cry, ‘Malik, if only your Lord would finish us off,’ but he will answer, ‘No! You are here to stay.’
78 لَقَدۡ جِئۡنَـٰكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَكُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَـٰرِهُونَ ۝٧٨ laqad ji'nākum bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharakum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūn We have brought you the Truth but most of you despise it
79 أَمۡ أَبۡرَمُوۤا۟ أَمۡرࣰا فَإِنَّا مُبۡرِمُونَ ۝٧٩ am abramū amran fa-innā mub'rimūn Have these disbelievers thought up some scheme? We too have been scheming 80 أَمۡ یَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسۡمَعُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَیۡهِمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٨٠ am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūn Do they think We cannot hear their secret talk and their private counsel? Yes we can: Our messengers are at their sides, recording everything 81 قُلۡ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ وَلَدࣱ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡعَـٰبِدِینَ ۝٨١ qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun fa-anā awwalu l-ʿābidīn Say [Prophet], ‘If the Lord of Mercy [truly] had offspring I would be the first to worship [them], but 82 سُبۡحَـٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا یَصِفُونَ ۝٨٢ sub'ḥāna rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn exalted be the Lord of the heavens and earth, the Lord of the Throne- He is far above their false descriptions.’

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