Surah Ali 'Imran 3:195 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 195 / 200 · Page 76

ۗ ۖ ۖ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّي لَا أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِّنكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَى بَعْضُكُم مِّن بَعْضٍ فَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا وَأُخْرِجُوا مِن دِيَارِهِمْ وَأُوذُوا فِي سَبِيلِي وَقَاتَلُوا وَقُتِلُوا لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ثَوَابًا مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الثَّوَابِ

Word by Word

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فَاسْتَجَابَ
fa-is'tajaba
Then responded
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
رَبُّهُمْ
rabbuhum
their Lord
أَنِّي
anni
Indeed I
لَا
la
(will) not
أُضِيعُ
udi'u
(let go) waste
عَمَلَ
amala
deeds
عَامِلٍ
amilin
(of the) doer
مِّنكُم
minkum
among you
مِّن
min
[from]
ذَكَرٍ
dhakarin
(whether) male
أَوْ
aw
or
أُنثَى
untha
female
بَعْضُكُم
ba'dukum
each of you
مِّن
min
from
بَعْضٍ
ba'din
(the) other
فَالَّذِينَ
fa-alladhina
So those who
هَاجَرُوا
hajaru
emigrated
وَأُخْرِجُوا
wa-ukh'riju
and were driven out
مِن
min
from
دِيَارِهِمْ
diyarihim
their homes
وَأُوذُوا
waudhu
and were harmed
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِي
sabili
My way
وَقَاتَلُوا
waqatalu
and fought
وَقُتِلُوا
waqutilu
and were killed
لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ
la-ukaffiranna
surely I (will) remove
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
from them
سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ
sayyiatihim
their evil deeds
وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ
wala-ud'khilannahum
and surely I will admit them
جَنَّاتٍ
jannatin
(to) Gardens
تَجْرِي
tajri
flowing
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
tahtiha
underneath them
الْأَنْهَارُ
al-anharu
the rivers
ثَوَابًا
thawaban
a reward
مِّنْ
min
from
عِندِ
indi
[near]
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عِندَهُ
indahu
with Him
حُسْنُ
hus'nu
(is the) best
الثَّوَابِ
al-thawabi
reward

Transliteration

Fastajaaba lahum Rabbuhum annee laaa Udee'u 'amala 'aamilim minkum min zakarin aw unsaa ba'dukum mim ba'din fal lazeena haajaroo wa ukhrijoo min diyaarihim wa oozoo fee sabeelee wa qaataloo wa qutiloo la ukaffiranna 'anhum saiyi aatihim wa la udkhilanna hum Jannnatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru sawaabam min 'indil laah; wallaahu 'indahoo husnus sawaab

Translation

And their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allah, and Allah has with Him the best reward."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So their Lord responded to their prayer, saying that He does not allow the reward of anything you do, small or big, to be lost, whether the person who does it is male or female. You are from one another in your origins, and the faith that you follow does not reward males and females differently. Those who emigrated for the sake of Allah (driven from their homes by the disbelievers), suffered harm in order to obey their Lord, and who fought for the sake of Allah and died so that the Word of Allah would be supreme, they will certainly be forgiven their sins on the Day of Judgement: it will be overlooked, and they will be entered into gardens with rivers flowing under their palaces, as a reward from Allah – with Allah is the best reward, unlike any other.

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

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