Meccan·Surah 37

الصافات

Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 57

Those Ranged in Ranks

182 Ayahs·Verse 37:57
37:57

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].

Context in Surah As-Saffat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 37:57 in sequence and meaning.

فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِى سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

And he will look and see him in the midst of the Hellfire.

قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ

He will say, "By Allah, you almost ruined me.

أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ

Then, are we not to die

إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"