20 Sura Taha

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

إِنَّهُ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ...   

20: 74.  Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at judgment) -- for him is Hell:

C2597. The verses 20:74-76 are best construed as comments on the story of the converted Egyptians who had "purified themselves (from evil)".

But some construe them as a continuation of their speech.

...لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيى ﴿٧٤﴾

therein shall he neither die nor live.

Asad’s Version:

20:74

VERILY, as for him who shall appear before his Sustainer [on Judgment Day] lost in sin - his [portion], behold, shall be hell: he will neither die therein nor live; 58

[[Asad’s note 58 I.e., he will neither be reborn spiritually nor find peace through extinction (Baghawi,

Baydawi).

As is apparent from the juxtaposition, in the next verse, of the term mu'mim (rendered by me as

"one who is lost in sin") with that of mu'min ("believer"), the former term is here applied to

one who, in his lifetime, has consciously and persistently denied God (Baydawi). ]]