Surah Az-Zumar 39:74 — translation and meaning

الزمر · Verse 74 / 75 · Page 466

ۖ وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَأَوْرَثَنَا الْأَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّأُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشَاءُ فَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ

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ۖ
وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they will say
الْحَمْدُ
al-hamdu
All praise
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(be) to Allah
الَّذِي
alladhi
Who
صَدَقَنَا
sadaqana
has fulfilled for us
وَعْدَهُ
wa'dahu
His promise
وَأَوْرَثَنَا
wa-awrathana
and has made us inherit
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
the earth
نَتَبَوَّأُ
natabawwa-u
we may settle
مِنَ
mina
in
الْجَنَّةِ
al-janati
Paradise
حَيْثُ
haythu
wherever
نَشَاءُ
nashau
we will
فَنِعْمَ
fani'ma
So excellent is
أَجْرُ
ajru
(the) reward
الْعَامِلِينَ
al-'amilina
(of) the workers

Transliteration

Wa waalull hamdulillaahil lazee sadaqanaa wa'dahoo wa awrasanal arda natabaw wa-u minal jannati haisu nashaaa'u fani'ma ajrul 'aamileen

Translation

And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has fulfilled for us His promise and made us inherit the earth [so] we may settle in Paradise wherever we will. And excellent is the reward of [righteous] workers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The believers will say when they enter Paradise: Praise be to Allah who was true to the promise that He made to us on the tongues of His messengers. He had promised to enter us into Paradise. He has given us the land of Paradise, in which we can live wherever we want to. How excellent is the reward of those who worked by doing righteous actions seeking the pleasure of their Lord!

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

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