Al Furqaan 25:13
وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًۭا ضَيِّقًۭا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًۭا
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And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.
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وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًۭا ضَيِّقًۭا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًۭا
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And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.
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The image “they pray for destruction there” in Al Furqaan 25:13 makes the depth of despair described when suffering feels inescapable more than an abstract idea. Let the ayah accompany your dhikr today as you reflect on how dua can hold grief honestly without surrendering hope in Allah.
This is a personal reflection prompt, not tafsir. For interpretation, consult qualified scholarship and the ayah’s wider Quranic context.
Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.
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