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Al-Qur'an Surah As-Saffat Verse 59

As-Saffat [37]: 59 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

اِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِيْنَ (الصافات : ٣٧)

illā
إِلَّا
Except
mawtatanā
مَوْتَتَنَا
our death
l-ūlā
ٱلْأُولَىٰ
the first
wamā
وَمَا
and not
naḥnu
نَحْنُ
we
bimuʿadhabīna
بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
will be punished?"

Transliteration:

Illa mawtatanal oola wa maa nahnu bimu'azzabeen (QS. aṣ-Ṣāffāt:59)

English / Sahih Translation:

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?" (QS. As-Saffat, ayah 59)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

beyond our first death, nor are we going to be punished?”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

except our first death, nor be punished ˹like the others˺?”

Ruwwad Translation Center

except our first death, nor are we going to be punished ?”

A. J. Arberry

except for our first death, and are we not chastised?

Abdul Haleem

Shall we never suffer?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Save our first death, and are we not to be tormented?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Except our first death, and that we shall not be punished?"

Abul Ala Maududi

except for our first death? And shall we suffer no chastisement?'”

Ahmed Ali

Other than our first death, and we shall not be punished?

Ahmed Raza Khan

“Except our earlier death, and nor will we be punished?”

Ali Quli Qarai

aside from our earlier death, and that we shall not be punished?

Ali Ünal

"Except the former death (that we experienced in leaving the world), and we are not to be punished.

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Ours was only the death we have already met (in the world), and we are going to suffer no punishment.

English Literal

Except our death/lifelessness the first/beginning, and we are not with being tortured.

Faridul Haque

“Except our earlier death, and nor will we be punished?”

Hamid S. Aziz

"Except our previous death? And that we shall not be chastised?"

Hilali & Khan

"Except our first death, and we shall not be punished? (after we have entered Paradise)."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Are we not to die,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?

Muhammad Sarwar

and that we would not be punished?"

Qaribullah & Darwish

except our first death, and shall we not be punished'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

"Except our first death, and we shall not be punished"

Wahiduddin Khan

except for our first death? Are we not going to be punished?

Talal Itani

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished.”

Tafsir jalalayn

aside from our first death, that is, the one [which we suffered] in this world, and are we not to be chastised?' -- this interrogative statement is one made out of [sheer] delight and in order to speak [at length] of the graces of God, exalted be He, in [His] granting of everlasting life and refraining from inflicting any punishment.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Are we then not to die (any more). Except our first death, and we shall not be punished.

This is what the believers will say when they feel joy at what Allah has given them, and they realize that they are to remain in Paradise forever with no punishment and no death to come.

Allah says;

إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ