The Quran

سورة الحَدید

Surah Al-Hadîd 57:15

The Iron · Verse 15 of 29

فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ مَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ ۖ هِيَ مَوْلَاكُمْ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`So this day, no ransom shall be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Hell-Fire is the final abode of you all. That is your friendly-protector. And very evil is that resort.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

This Day shall no ransom be accepted of you, nor of those who rejected Allah. Your abode is the Fire: that is the proper place to claim you: and an evil refuge it is!î

Ahmed Ali

So no ransom will be accepted of you on this day, or of those who refused to believe. Hell will be your refuge and the only friend -- and how evil a destination!"

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"And this Day no ransom will be taken from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your final refuge is the Fire; that is your harbor suited to you. How evil a destination to arrive at!"

Daryabadi

To-day therefore no ransom will be accepted of you nor of those who openly disbelieved; your abode is the Fire; that is your companion; a hapless destination.

Faridul Haque

“So this day no ransom is to be taken from you nor from the declared disbelievers; your destination is the fire; that is your companion; and what a wretched outcome!”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So this day no ransom will be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode is the Fire; it is your patron and evil is the resort.

Maulvi Sher Ali

`So this day no ransom shall be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your final abode is the Fire; that is your comrade; and an evil destination it is.'

Muhammad Asad

"And so, no ransom shall be accepted today from you, and neither from those who were [openly] bent on denying the truth. Your goal is the fire: it is your [only] refuge - and how evil a journey's end!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

So this Day no ransom shall be taken from you (hypocrites), nor of those who disbelieved, (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism). Your abode is the Fire, that is the proper place for you, and worst indeed is that destination.

Muhammad Pickthall

So this day no ransom can be taken from you nor from those who disbelieved. Your home is the Fire; that is your patron, and a hapless journey's end.

Muhammad Sarwar

So on this day no ransom will be accepted from you nor from the disbelievers. Your dwelling will be fire. It will be your friend and a terrible end".

Muhammed ali Shakir

So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who disbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your friend and evil is the resort.

Rashad Khalifa

Therefore, today no ransom can be taken from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode is the fire; it is your lord, and miserable abode.

Shabbir Ahmed

So this Day no ransom can be accepted from you, nor from the open rejecters. Your home is the fire. That is your caretaker and a miserable destination it is.

Commentary 57:15 It is significant to note that here the word “comrade” or “friend” or “friendly protector” (مَوْلَاكُمْ) has been used for the punishment of Fire in the…

فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنكُمْ فِدْيَةٌ وَلَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ مَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ ۖ هِيَ مَوْلَاكُمْ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

57:15 It is significant to note that here the word “comrade” or “friend” or “friendly protector” (مَوْلَاكُمْ) has been used for the punishment of Fire in the Hereafter. It may mean here that the Fire of the hell will make them fit for Paradise and spiritual progress, and thus “hell” will prove itself friendly to them, meaning thereby that the phase in the hell will be a remedial phase and a wholesome training. It is not a display of vengeance and retaliation by the All-Merciful. At another place in the Holy Qur’ân, hell is spoken of as performing the duties of a nourishing mother for the sinful persons (101:9), that is to say, providing them a means of making spiritual advancement and opportunities of reformation till they are completely clean of the taint of sin and undergo what can be described as a rebirth. In this way, hell is like a mother, who punishes only in order to educate and train, but in no case to torture or destroy.