Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:15

25:15

قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۚ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءً وَمَصِيرًا

qul adhālika khayrun am jannatu l-khul'di allatī wuʿida l-mutaqūna kānat lahum jazāan wamaṣīran

Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Which is better, this or the lasting Garden that those who are mindful of God have been promised as their reward and journey’s end?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) "Is that (torment) better or the Paradise of Eternity which is promised to the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2)?" It will be theirs as a reward and as a final destination.

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
أَذَٰلِكَadhālikaIs that
خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
أَمْamor
جَنَّةُjannatuGarden
ٱلْخُلْدِl-khul'di(of) Eternity
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
وُعِدَwuʿidais promised
ٱلْمُتَّقُونَۚl-mutaqūna(to) the righteous
كَانَتْkānatIt will be
لَهُمْlahumfor them
جَزَآءًۭjazāana reward
وَمَصِيرًۭاwamaṣīranand destination