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Surah An-Nisa, ayah 97

The Women · Medinan · 176 ayahs

4:97

اِنَّ الَّذٖینَ تَوَفّٰیهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمٖٓی اَنْفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فٖیمَ كُنْتُمْؕ قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفٖینَ فِی الْاَرْضِؕ قَالُٓوا اَلَمْ تَكُنْ اَرْضُ اللّٰهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فٖیهَاؕ فَاُو𐻾لٰٓئِكَ مَاْوٰیهُمْ جَهَنَّمُؕ وَسَٓاءَتْ مَصٖیرًاۙ

Inna allatheena tawaffahumu almalaikatu thalimee anfusihim qaloo feema kuntum qaloo kunna mustadAAafeena fee alardi qaloo alam takun ardu Allahi wasiAAatan fatuhajiroo feeha faolaika mawahum jahannamu wasaat maseeran

Translations

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." The angels will say, "Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination

Saheeh International

Lo! as for those whom the angels take (in death) while they wrong themselves, (the angels) will ask: In what were ye engaged? They will say: We were oppressed in the land. (The angels) will say: Was not Allah's earth spacious that ye could have migrated therein? As for such, their habitation will be hell, an evil journey's end

Marmaduke Pickthall