Surah An-Nisa, ayah 97
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ فِيمَ كُنتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِيهَا ۚ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا
Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land." They [the angels] will say, "Was not the earth of Allāh spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.
An-Nisa · 4:97
Word by word
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- تَوَفَّىٰهُمُtawaffāhumutake them (in death)
- ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
- ظَالِمِىٓẓālimī(while) they (were) wronging
- أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
- فِيمَfīmaIn what (condition)
- كُنتُمْ ۖkuntumwere you
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- كُنَّاkunnāWe were
- مُسْتَضْعَفِينَmus'taḍʿafīnaoppressed
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
- أَلَمْalamNot
- تَكُنْtakunwas
- أَرْضُarḍu(the) earth
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَٰسِعَةًۭwāsiʿatanspacious (enough)
- فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟fatuhājirūso that you (could) emigrate
- فِيهَا ۚfīhāin it
- فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those
- مَأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhum(will have) their abode
- جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu(in) Hell
- وَسَآءَتْwasāatand it is an evil
- مَصِيرًاmaṣīrandestination
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