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Az-Zumar 20

Ayah 20 of 75 · Meccan

لَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ رَبَّهُمۡ لَهُمۡ غُرَفٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهَا غُرَفٞ مَّبۡنِيَّةٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ لَا يُخۡلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمِيعَادَ ٢٠

But those who have feared their Lord - for them are chambers,1 above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. [This is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., elevated rooms, dwellings or palaces.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَٰكِنِButlākini
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ٱتَّقَوۡاْfearittaqaw
  4. رَبَّهُمۡtheir Lordrabbahum
  5. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  6. غُرَفٞ(are) lofty mansionsghurafun
  7. مِّنabove themmin
  8. فَوۡقِهَاabove themfawqihā
  9. غُرَفٞlofty mansionsghurafun
  10. مَّبۡنِيَّةٞbuilt highmabniyyatun
  11. تَجۡرِيflowtajrī
  12. مِنfrommin
  13. تَحۡتِهَاbeneath ittaḥtihā
  14. ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖthe riversl-anhāru
  15. وَعۡدَ(The) Promisewaʿda
  16. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  17. لَاNotlā
  18. يُخۡلِفُAllah failsyukh'lifu
  19. ٱللَّهُAllah failsl-lahu
  20. ٱلۡمِيعَادَ(in His) promisel-mīʿāda

Tafsir

But those who are mindful of their Lord, by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, they will have lofty dwellings, one above the other, underneath which rivers flow. Allah has made a firm promise of this to them and Allah does not break His promise. He is far above that.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran