Surah Al-A'raf 7:43 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 43 / 206 · Page 155

ۖ ۖ ۖ وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهَارُ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ لَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَنُودُوا أَن تِلْكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

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وَنَزَعْنَا
wanaza'na
And We will remove
مَا
ma
whatever
فِي
fi
(is) in
صُدُورِهِم
sudurihim
their breasts
مِّنْ
min
of
غِلٍّ
ghillin
malice
تَجْرِي
tajri
Flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهِمُ
tahtihimu
underneath them
الْأَنْهَارُ
al-anharu
the rivers
وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they will say
الْحَمْدُ
al-hamdu
All the praise
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(is) for Allah
الَّذِي
alladhi
the One Who
هَدَانَا
hadana
guided us
لِهَذَا
lihadha
to this
وَمَا
wama
and not
كُنَّا
kunna
we were
لِنَهْتَدِيَ
linahtadiya
to receive guidance
لَوْلَا
lawla
if not
أَنْ
an
[that]
هَدَانَا
hadana
(had) guided us
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
جَاءَتْ
jaat
came
رُسُلُ
rusulu
Messengers
رَبِّنَا
rabbina
(of) our Lord
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
with the truth
وَنُودُوا
wanudu
And they will be addressed
أَن
an
[that]
تِلْكُمُ
til'kumu
This
الْجَنَّةُ
al-janatu
(is) Paradise
أُورِثْتُمُوهَا
urith'tumuha
you have been made to inherit it
بِمَا
bima
for what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
do

Transliteration

Wa naza'naa maa fee sudoorihim min ghillin tajree min tahtihimul anhaaru wa qaalul hamdu lillaahil lazee hadaanaa lihaaza wa maa kunna linahtadiya law laaa ann hadaanal laahu laqad jaaa'at Rusulu Rabbinaa bilhaqq; wa noodoo an tilkumul jannnatu ooristumoohaa bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Their bliss in Paradise is made complete by Allah removing whatever hatred and resentment is in their hearts, with rivers running beneath them. When they come to live there and settle in their homes, they will exclaim whilst recognizing Allah’s blessings on them, praising Him: 'All praise and thanks belongs to Allah Who allowed us to do the good actions which brought us to this place, and we would not have been able to do that if Allah had not enabled us to do so. The messengers of our Lord came with the truth about which there was no doubt, true in its promises of good for the righteous and true in its threats for the wrongdoers. It will then be announced to them: 'This, truly this, is the Paradise which Allah has made you inherit out of His Mercy, for the good actions you used to do seeking the countenance of Allah.'

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

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