Meccan·Surah 23

المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu'minun — Ayah 36

The Believers

118 Ayahs·Verse 23:36
23:36

۞ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ

How far, how far, is that which you are promised.

Context in Surah Al-Mu'minun

Nearby ayahs help place verse 23:36 in sequence and meaning.

وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخْرَجُونَ

Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."