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Al-Ma'idah 85

Ayah 85 of 120 · Medinan

فَأَثَٰبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُواْ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٨٥

So Allāh rewarded them for what they said1 with gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., their admission and acceptance of the truth and commitment to Allāh's religion (Islām).

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَثَٰبَهُمُSo rewarded themfa-athābahumu
  2. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  3. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  4. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  5. جَنَّٰتٖ(with) Gardensjannātin
  6. تَجۡرِيflowstajrī
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. تَحۡتِهَاunderneath themtaḥtihā
  9. ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُthe riversl-anhāru
  10. خَٰلِدِينَwill abide foreverkhālidīna
  11. فِيهَاۚin itfīhā
  12. وَذَٰلِكَAnd thatwadhālika
  13. جَزَآءُ(is the) rewardjazāu
  14. ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ(of) the good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

Tafsir

Allah rewarded them for their faith and their acceptance of the truth with gardens that have palaces and trees overlooking flowing streams, where they will live eternally. That is the reward of those who do good by following the truth and submitting to it, without any restriction or condition.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran