Surah At-Tawba 9:121 — translation and meaning

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وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ نَفَقَةً صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً وَلَا يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

وَلَا
wala
And not
يُنفِقُونَ
yunfiquna
they spend
نَفَقَةً
nafaqatan
any spending
صَغِيرَةً
saghiratan
small
وَلَا
wala
and not
كَبِيرَةً
kabiratan
big
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَقْطَعُونَ
yaqta'una
they cross
وَادِيًا
wadiyan
a valley
إِلَّا
illa
but
كُتِبَ
kutiba
is recorded
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ
liyajziyahumu
that Allah may reward them
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
that Allah may reward them
أَحْسَنَ
ahsana
the best
مَا
ma
(of) what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do

Transliteration

Wa laa yunfiqoona nafa qatan sagheeratanw wa laa kabeeratanw wa laa yaqta'oona waadiyan illaa kutiba lahum liyajziyahumul laahu ahsana maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allah may reward them for the best of what they were doing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

These successful ones do not sacrifice any wealth, whether it is small or great, and do not cross any valley except that their sacrifice or journey is recorded so that Allah may repay them, giving them in the Afterlife the reward for the best of what they used to do.

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

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