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Surah An-Nisa Verse 97

Quran 4:97 · The Women · Medinan · Juz 5

4:97

Arabic

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ تَوَفّٰىهُمُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ ظَالِمِيْٓ اَنْفُسِهِمْ قَالُوْا فِيْمَ كُنْتُمْ ۗ قَالُوْا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِيْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِۗ قَالُوْٓا اَلَمْ تَكُنْ اَرْضُ اللّٰهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوْا فِيْهَا ۗ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ مَأْوٰىهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۗ وَسَاۤءَتْ مَصِيْرًاۙ ۝٩٧

Transliteration

Innal-lażīna tawaffāhumul-malā-ikatu ẓōlimī anfusihim qōlū fīma kuntum, qōlū kunnā mustaḍ‘afīna fil-arḍ, qōlū alam takun arḍullāhi wāsi‘atan fa tuhājirū fīhā, fa ulā-ika ma'wāhum jahannam, wa sā-at maṣīrō

Meaning

While the angels are removing the souls of those who have wronged themselves, they will say, “What was the matter with you?” They will say, “We were oppressed in the land.” They will say, “Was Allah’s earth not vast enough for you to emigrate in it?” These—their refuge is Hell. What a wretched retreat!

Surah An-Nisa verse 97 (Quran 4:97) is verse 97 of the 176 verses of Surah An-Nisa (The Women), a Medinan surah that is number 4 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 5.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).