Surah An-Nahl 16:97 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 97 / 128 · Page 278

ۖ مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
مَنْ
man
Whoever
عَمِلَ
amila
does
صَالِحًا
salihan
righteous deeds
مِّن
min
whether
ذَكَرٍ
dhakarin
male
أَوْ
aw
or
أُنثَى
untha
female
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
مُؤْمِنٌ
mu'minun
(is) a believer
فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ
falanuh'yiyannahu
then surely We will give him life
حَيَاةً
hayatan
a life
طَيِّبَةً
tayyibatan
good
وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ
walanajziyannahum
and We will pay them
أَجْرَهُم
ajrahum
their reward
بِأَحْسَنِ
bi-ahsani
to (the) best
مَا
ma
of what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do

Transliteration

Man 'amila saaliham min zakarin aw unsaa wa huwa mu'minun falanuhyiyannahoo hayaatan taiiyibatanw wa lanajzi yannnahum ajrahum bi ahsani maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Whoever does good deeds in accordance with the sacred law, whether male or female, while having faith in Allah, We will grant them in this world a good life, by their being pleased with Allah’s decree, content and guided towards righteous actions, and We will reward them in the afterlife in accordance with the best good deeds that they used to do in the world.

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

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