Translation:

77. They will cry: "O Malik! would that thy Lord put and end to us!" He will say "Nay but ye shall abide!"

Notes (Tafseer)

4674. Malik: The name of the Angel in charge of Hell.

4675. Cf. xx. 74. Annihilation is better than agony. But wrong-doers cannot destroy the "fruits" of their actions, by asking for annihilation.