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Al-Inshiqaq 6

Ayah 6 of 25 · Meccan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., striving throughout your life until you meet your Lord, hastening toward death.

2 i.e., you will find all that you intended and accomplished awaiting you in the Hereafter. Another meaning is "And will meet Him [i.e., your Lord]" and be recompensed in full by Him.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُmankindl-insānu
  3. إِنَّكَIndeed, youinnaka
  4. كَادِحٌ(are) laboringkādiḥun
  5. إِلَىٰtoilā
  6. رَبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  7. كَدۡحٗا(with) exertionkadḥan
  8. فَمُلَٰقِيهِand you (will) meet Himfamulāqīhi

Tafsir

O man, you are either doing good or evil and you will meet it on the Day of Judgment, so that Allah can give you the recompense for that.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran