إِنَّهُ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ (74)
(20:74) 'In fact, *50 for the one who comes before his Lord as a criminal, there shall be Hell, wherein he shall neither live nor die. *51
*50) This is a saying of Allah, which has been added to the foregoing words of the magicians.
*51) This is the most terrible of all the punishments that have been mentioned in the Qur'an. The criminal will prefer death to the horrible life in Hell, but death will not come to him. He will remain in that state of agony without any hope of relief from it.