Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:32

16:32

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malāikatu ṭayyibīna yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykumu ud'khulū l-janata bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."

— Saheeh International

those whose lives the angels take in a state of goodness. They will say to them, ‘Peace be upon you. Enter the Garden as a reward for what you have done.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those whose lives the angels take while they are in a pious state (i.e. pure from all evil, and worshipping none but Allâh Alone) saying (to them): Salâmun ‘Alaikum (peace be on you) enter you Paradise, because of that (the good) which you used to do (in the world)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 14Page 270meccan

Word by Word

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whom
تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُtatawaffāhumutake them in death
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
طَيِّبِينَۙṭayyibīna(when they are) pure
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu(be) upon you
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataParadise
بِمَاbimāfor what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado