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Al-Jathiyah 22

Ayah 22 of 37 · Meccan

وَخَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٢

And Allāh created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَخَلَقَAnd Allah createdwakhalaqa
  2. ٱللَّهُAnd Allah createdl-lahu
  3. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  4. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  5. بِٱلۡحَقِّin truthbil-ḥaqi
  6. وَلِتُجۡزَىٰand that may be recompensedwalituj'zā
  7. كُلُّeverykullu
  8. نَفۡسِۭsoulnafsin
  9. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  10. كَسَبَتۡit has earnedkasabat
  11. وَهُمۡand theywahum
  12. لَاwill not be wrongedlā
  13. يُظۡلَمُونَwill not be wrongedyuẓ'lamūna

Tafsir

And Allah created the heavens and earth with complete wisdom and He did not create it in vain, and so that each soul can be rewarded with the good or bad it earned. Allah will not oppress them by decreasing their good deeds or increasing their bad deeds.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran