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An-Najm 31

Ayah 31 of 62 · Meccan

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى ٣١

And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلِلَّهِAnd for Allahwalillahi
  2. مَا(is) whatevermā
  3. فِي(is) infī
  4. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  5. وَمَاand whateverwamā
  6. فِي(is) infī
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  8. لِيَجۡزِيَthat He may recompenseliyajziya
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  10. أَسَٰٓـُٔواْdo evilasāū
  11. بِمَاwith whatbimā
  12. عَمِلُواْthey have doneʿamilū
  13. وَيَجۡزِيَand recompensewayajziya
  14. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  15. أَحۡسَنُواْdo goodaḥsanū
  16. بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىwith the bestbil-ḥus'nā

Tafsir

To Allah alone belongs whatever is in the heavens and to Him alone belongs whatever is on earth. He created, owns and controls all of it. To recompense whose who do evil actions in the world with the punishment that they deserve and to repay the believers who do good actions with Paradise.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran