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Al-Hadid 21

Ayah 21 of 29 · Medinan

سَابِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَغۡفِرَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرۡضُهَا كَعَرۡضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢١

Race [i.e., compete] toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allāh and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allāh which He gives to whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. سَابِقُوٓاْRacesābiqū
  2. إِلَىٰtoilā
  3. مَغۡفِرَةٖ(the) forgivenessmaghfiratin
  4. مِّنfrommin
  5. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
  6. وَجَنَّةٍand a Gardenwajannatin
  7. عَرۡضُهَاits widthʿarḍuhā
  8. كَعَرۡضِ(is) like (the) widthkaʿarḍi
  9. ٱلسَّمَآءِ(of) the heavenl-samāi
  10. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  11. أُعِدَّتۡprepareduʿiddat
  12. لِلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīna
  13. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  14. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  15. وَرُسُلِهِۦۚand His Messengerswarusulihi
  16. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  17. فَضۡلُ(is the) Bountyfaḍlu
  18. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  19. يُؤۡتِيهِHe givesyu'tīhi
  20. مَن(to) whomman
  21. يَشَآءُۚHe willsyashāu
  22. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  23. ذُو(is) the Possessor of Bountydhū
  24. ٱلۡفَضۡلِ(is) the Possessor of Bountyl-faḍli
  25. ٱلۡعَظِيمِthe Greatl-ʿaẓīmi

Tafsir

O people! Hasten towards good deeds i.e. repentance and other actions, through which you will achieve forgiveness for your sins. You will also acquire through them a Paradise the width of which is the width of the heavens and the earth; Allah has prepared this Paradise for those who bring faith in Him and His messengers. That reward is a favour of Allah that He grants whichever of His servants He wishes; He (may He be glorified) is the bestower of great favours to His believing servants.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran