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سُورَةُ الدُّخَانِ · 44:56
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لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

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They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

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Introduction

This is āyah 56 of Sūrat Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), the 64th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 25. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
64 of 114
Surah
Ad-Dukhaan (44)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Verily, those who have Taqwa, will be in place of security (51)Among Gardens and Springs (52)Dressed in Sundus and Istabraq, facing each other (53)So (it will be). And We shall marry them to Hur (fair females) with wide lovely eyes (54)They will call therein for every kind of fruit in peace and security (55)They will never taste death therein except the first death, and He will save them from the torment of the blazing Fire (56)As a bounty from your Lord! That will be the supreme success (57)Certainly, We have made this easy in your tongue, in order that they may remember (58)Wait then; verily, they (too) are waiting (59) The State of Those Who have Taqwa and the Delights.They will enjoy in Paradise When Allah describes the state of the doomed, He follows that with a description of the life of the blessed. For this reason the Qur'an is called Al-Mathani (i.e., oft-repeated). إِنَّ الْ…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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