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Al-A'raf 156

Ayah 156 of 206 · Meccan

۞ وَٱكۡتُبۡ لَنَا فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٗ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَۚ قَالَ عَذَابِيٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنۡ أَشَآءُۖ وَرَحۡمَتِي وَسِعَتۡ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖۚ فَسَأَكۡتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٥٦

And decree for us in this world [that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You." [Allāh] said, "My punishment - I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things." So I will decree it [especially] for those who fear Me and give zakāh and those who believe in Our verses-

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَٱكۡتُبۡAnd ordainwa-uk'tub
  2. لَنَاfor uslanā
  3. فِيinfī
  4. هَٰذِهِthishādhihi
  5. ٱلدُّنۡيَا[the] worldl-dun'yā
  6. حَسَنَةٗgoodḥasanatan
  7. وَفِيand inwafī
  8. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِthe Hereafterl-ākhirati
  9. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  10. هُدۡنَآwe have turnedhud'nā
  11. إِلَيۡكَۚto Youilayka
  12. قَالَHe saidqāla
  13. عَذَابِيٓMy punishment ʿadhābī
  14. أُصِيبُI afflictuṣību
  15. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  16. مَنۡwhomman
  17. أَشَآءُۖI willashāu
  18. وَرَحۡمَتِيbut My Mercywaraḥmatī
  19. وَسِعَتۡencompasseswasiʿat
  20. كُلَّeverykulla
  21. شَيۡءٖۚthingshayin
  22. فَسَأَكۡتُبُهَاSo I will ordain itfasa-aktubuhā
  23. لِلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīna
  24. يَتَّقُونَ(are) righteousyattaqūna
  25. وَيُؤۡتُونَand givewayu'tūna
  26. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَzakahl-zakata
  27. وَٱلَّذِينَand those whowa-alladhīna
  28. هُم[they]hum
  29. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاin Our Versesbiāyātinā
  30. يُؤۡمِنُونَthey believeyu'minūna

Tafsir

' And make us among those You have favoured with Your blessings and well-being, enabling us to do good works. And make us from among Your righteous servants for whom You have prepared Paradise. Indeed we turn to You in repentance, admitting our mistakes.' Allah said: 'I give My punishment to whom I will; those who do the actions leading to misery, and My Mercy surrounds all things in this world. There is no created being or object that My Mercy has not reached, immersed in My Grace and Kindness. I will decree My Mercy in the Afterlife for those who are mindful of Me, following what I instruct and staying away from what I have prohibited, giving charity from their wealth as they have been ordered, and who have faith in My signs.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran