Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:97

4:97

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

inna alladhīna tawaffāhumu l-malāikatu ẓālimī anfusihim qālū fīma kuntum qālū kunnā mus'taḍʿafīna fī l-arḍi qālū alam takun arḍu l-lahi wāsiʿatan fatuhājirū fīhā fa-ulāika mawāhum jahannamu wasāat maṣīran

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.

— Saheeh International

When the angels take the souls of those who have wronged themselves, they ask them, ‘What circumstances were you in?’ They reply, ‘We were oppressed in this land,’ and the angels say, ‘But was God’s earth not spacious enough for you to migrate to some other place?’ These people will have Hell as their refuge, an evil destination,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): "In what (condition) were you?" They reply: "We were weak and oppressed on the earth." They (angels) say: "Was not the earth of Allâh spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?" Such men will find their abode in Hell - What an evil destination!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
تَوَفَّىٰهُمُtawaffāhumutake them (in death)
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
ظَالِمِىٓẓālimī(while) they (were) wronging
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
فِيمَfīmaIn what (condition)
كُنتُمْۖkuntumwere you
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
كُنَّاkunnāWe were
مُسْتَضْعَفِينَmus'taḍʿafīnaoppressed
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِۚl-arḍithe earth
قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
أَلَمْalamNot
تَكُنْtakunwas
أَرْضُarḍu(the) earth
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٰسِعَةًۭwāsiʿatanspacious (enough)
فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟fatuhājirūso that you (could) emigrate
فِيهَاۚfīhāin it
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those
مَأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhum(will have) their abode
جَهَنَّمُۖjahannamu(in) Hell
وَسَآءَتْwasāatand it is an evil
مَصِيرًاmaṣīrandestination