Quran 3:91 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those who disbelieve and die disbelievers will not be saved even if they offer enough gold to fill the entire earth. Agonizing torment is in store for them, and there will be no one to help them.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمْ مِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوِ افْتَدَىٰ بِهِ ۗ أُولَـٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
inna alladhīna kafarū wamātū wahum kuffārun falan yuq'bala min aḥadihim mil'u l-arḍi dhahaban walawi if'tadā bihi ulāika lahum ʿadhābun alīmun wamā lahum min nāṣirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely those who disbelieve, and die disbelieving, there shall not be accepted from any one of them the whole earth full of gold, if he would ransom himself thereby; for them awaits a painful chastisement, and they shall have no helpers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, as for those who are bent on denying the truth and die as deniers of the truth - not all the gold on earth could ever be their ransom. It is they for whom grievous suffering is in store; and they shall have none to succour them.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve[d] | كفر |
| 4 | وَمَاتُوا۟wamātū | and died | موت |
| 5 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 6 | كُفَّارٌۭkuffārun | (are) disbelievers | كفر |
| 7 | فَلَنfalan | then never | — |
| 8 | يُقْبَلَyuq'bala | will be accepted | قبل |
| 9 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 10 | أَحَدِهِمaḥadihim | any one of them | أحد |
| 11 | مِّلْءُmil'u | full | ملأ |
| 12 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | earth | أرض |
| 13 | ذَهَبًۭاdhahaban | (of) gold | ذهب |
| 14 | وَلَوِwalawi | [and] (even) if | — |
| 15 | ٱفْتَدَىٰif'tadā | he offered as ransom | فدي |
| 16 | بِهِۦٓ ۗbihi | it | — |
| 17 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 18 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 19 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 20 | أَلِيمٌۭalīmun | painful | ألم |
| 21 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 22 | لَهُمlahum | (will be) for them | — |
| 23 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 24 | نَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīna | helpers | نصر |