Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:16 — translation and meaning

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ۚ آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

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ۚ
آخِذِينَ
akhidhina
Taking
مَا
ma
what
آتَاهُمْ
atahum
(their Lord) has given them
رَبُّهُمْ
rabbuhum
their Lord
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
كَانُوا
kanu
were
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
مُحْسِنِينَ
muh'sinina
good-doers

Transliteration

Aakhizeena maaa aataahum Rabbuhum; innahum kaanoo qabla zaalika muhsineen

Translation

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Taking the generous reward their Lord has given them. Before this generous reward, they used to do good in the world.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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