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As-Sajdah 17

Ayah 17 of 30 · Meccan

فَلَا تَعۡلَمُ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أُخۡفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعۡيُنٖ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٧

And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes [i.e., satisfaction] as reward for what they used to do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَاAnd notfalā
  2. تَعۡلَمُknowstaʿlamu
  3. نَفۡسٞa soulnafsun
  4. مَّآwhatmā
  5. أُخۡفِيَis hiddenukh'fiya
  6. لَهُمfor themlahum
  7. مِّنofmin
  8. قُرَّةِ(the) comfortqurrati
  9. أَعۡيُنٖ(for) the eyesaʿyunin
  10. جَزَآءَۢ(as) a rewardjazāan
  11. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  12. كَانُواْthey used (to)kānū
  13. يَعۡمَلُونَdoyaʿmalūna

Tafsir

So no one knows what things Allah has prepared for it in terms of bringing coolness and joy to the eyes, as a reward for the good deeds it would do in the world. It is a reward that no one except Allah can comprehend, due to its greatness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran