لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱللَّهُ كُلَّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا كَسَبَتۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٥١
So that Allāh will recompense every soul for what it earned. Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لِيَجۡزِيَSo that Allah may recompenseliyajziya
- ٱللَّهُSo that Allah may recompensel-lahu
- كُلَّeachkulla
- نَفۡسٖsoulnafsin
- مَّا(for) whatmā
- كَسَبَتۡۚit earnedkasabat
- إِنَّIndeedinna
- ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
- سَرِيعُ(is) Swiftsarīʿu
- ٱلۡحِسَابِ(in) the reckoningl-ḥisābi
Tafsir
Allah will recompense each soul for the good and evil it did, and Allah is swift in taking account. He will account for the first ones on a single day, and His accounting for one will not distract Him from accounting for another.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran