Surah 23 · verse 37
Al-Mu'minun 23:37
Sign in to listenإِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ
in hiya illa hayatuna ad-dunya namutu wa-nahya wa-ma nahnu bi-mab'uthin
Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ
And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.
Verse 35أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَنَّكُم مُّخْرَجُونَ
Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?
Verse 36هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ
How far, how far, is that which you are promised.
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ
Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."
Verse 39قَالَ رَبِّ انصُرْنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
Verse 40قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِينَ
[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
