The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:102

The Prophets · Verse 102 of 112

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِي مَا اشْتَهَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ خَالِدُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Not to speak of entering it;) they will not hear the faintest sound of it and they shall be abiding in (the midst of all the blessings) which their souls desire.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their souls desired, in that will they dwell.

Ahmed Ali

And will not hear its hissing, and will live for ever in the midst of what their hearts desire.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

They will not even hear the slightest sound of it, and they will abide in that which their souls desire, (enjoying it to the full).

Daryabadi

They shall not hear the least sound thereof, and in that felicity which their souls desire they shall be abiders.

Faridul Haque

And they will not hear its faintest sound; and they will forever abide in whatever their hearts desire.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They will not hear the faintest sound of it and they will abide in that which their souls desire.

Maulvi Sher Ali

They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, and they shall abide in the state which their souls desire.

Muhammad Asad

no sound thereof will they hear; and they will abide in all that their souls have ever desired.

Muhammad Musin Khan

They shall not hear the slightest sound of it (Hell), while they abide in that which their ownselves desire.

Muhammad Pickthall

They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire.

Muhammad Sarwar

They will not even hear the slightest sound from it while enjoying the best that they can wish for in their everlasting life.

Muhammed ali Shakir

They will not hear its faintest sound, and they shall abide in that which their souls long for.

Rashad Khalifa

They will not hear its hissing. They will enjoy an abode where they can get everything they desire, forever.

Shabbir Ahmed

They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they enjoy an abode where they get all they desire.

Commentary 21:101-102 These two verses indicate that, as for those who are righteous servants of Allâh and to whom He has promised a most fair treatment, they shall be…

On 21:101–102

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا الْحُسْنَىٰ أُولَـٰئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ ﴿١٠١﴾لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِي مَا اشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَالِدُونَ

21:101-102 These two verses indicate that, as for those who are righteous servants of Allâh and to whom He has promised a most fair treatment, they shall be kept far removed from the punishments in this world and the Hereafter. They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, let alone enter it. This refutes the idea of some who read into verse 19:72 that even the righteous shall first go to Hell.