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Surah Al-Ma’idah Ayat 36 in Arabic Text

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا وَمِثۡلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لِيَفۡتَدُواْ بِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ
Innal lazeena kafaroo law anna lahum maa fil ardi jamee’anw wa mislahoo ma’ahoo liyaftadoo bihee min ‘azaabi Yawmil Qiyaamati maa tuqubbila minhum wa lahum azaabun aleem

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 36

Sahih International
Indeed, those who disbelieve – if they should have all that is in the earth and the like of it with it by which to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted from them, and for them is a painful punishment

Yusuf Ali
As to those who reject Faith,- if they had everything on earth, and twice repeated, to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of Judgment, it would never be accepted of them, theirs would be a grievous penalty.

Abul Ala Maududi
For those who disbelieved – even if they had all that is in the earth, and the like of it with it, and offered it all as ransom from chastisement on the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted of them – a painful chastisement lies in store for them.

Muhsin Khan
Verily, those who disbelieve, if they had all that is in the earth, and as much again therewith to ransom themselves thereby from the torment on the Day of Resurrection, it would never be accepted of them, and theirs would be a painful torment.

Pickthall
As for those who disbelieve, lo! if all that is in the earth were theirs, and as much again therewith, to ransom them from the doom on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them. Theirs will be a painful doom.

Dr. Ghali
Surely the ones who have disbelieved, (even) if they had whatever is in the earth altogether and the like of it, with it to ransom themselves from the torment of the Day of the Resurrection, in no way would it be (favorably) accepted of them, and they will have a painful torment.

Abdel Haleem
If the disbelievers possessed all that is in the earth and twice as much again and offered it to ransom themselves from torment on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them- they will have a painful torment.

Muhammad Junagarhi
یقین مانو کہ کافروں کے لئے اگر وه سب کچھ ہو جو ساری زمین میں ہے بلکہ اسی کے مثل اور بھی ہو اور وه اس سب کو قیامت کے دن کے عذاب کے بدلے فدیے میں دینا چاہیں تو بھی ناممکن ہے کہ ان کا فدیہ قبول کرلیا جائے، ان کے لئے تو درد ناک عذاب ہی ہے

Quran 5 Verse 36 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-Ma’idah ayat 36, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(5:36) For those who disbelieved – even if they had all that is in the earth, and the like of it with it, and offered it all as ransom from chastisement on the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted of them – a painful chastisement lies in store for them.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Maidah verse 36 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Maidah ayat 35 which provides the complete commentary from verse 35 through 37.

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