Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 91 (3:91)

آلِ عِمْرَان

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ ٱلْأَرْضِ …

Quran 3:91 is ayah 91 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 61 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:91
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَمَاتُوا۟وَهُمْكُفَّارٌفَلَنيُقْبَلَمِنْأَحَدِهِممِّلْءُٱلْأَرْضِذَهَبًاوَلَوِٱفْتَدَىٰبِهِۦٓ ۗأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌوَمَالَهُممِّننَّٰصِرِينَ٩١
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

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.(91)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
  4. وَمَاتُوا۟wamātūand died
  5. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  6. كُفَّارٌkuffārun(are) disbelievers
  7. فَلَنfalanthen never
  8. يُقْبَلَyuq'balawill be accepted
  9. مِنْminfrom
  10. أَحَدِهِمaḥadihimany one of them
  11. مِّلْءُmil'ufull
  12. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiearth
  13. ذَهَبًاdhahaban(of) gold
  14. وَلَوِwalawi[and] (even) if
  15. ٱفْتَدَىٰif'tadāhe offered as ransom
  16. بِهِۦٓ ۗbihiit
  17. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  18. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  19. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  20. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful
  21. وَمَاwamāand not
  22. لَهُمlahum(will be) for them
  23. مِّنminany
  24. نَّٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers

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