Editing Screen: Surah az-Zukhruf 43 : 77

Editing: az-Zukhruf

Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>An outcry is heard from afar. It is an outcry of utter distress, born in despair: <strong>"They will cry, 'Malik, if only your Lord would put an end to us!'" (Verse 77)</strong> It comes from down below, from behind the closed doors of hell. The evildoers are not appealing for help or salvation; they have already despaired of that. All they are asking for is that they should be allowed to perish, their misery end. That is all that they can hope for. When all that one can hope for is to perish, one must be in extreme distress. This cry certainly comes from long-suffering souls and bodies whose endurance has gone beyond all limits. Hence they cry out: "Malik, if only your Lord would put an end to us!' The answer they are given adds to their despair, caring little for what they feel: <strong>"He will answer: 'You are here to stay" (Verse 77)</strong> No deliverance, no hope, no death, no end; they are there to stay.</p>

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