Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:156

7:156

۞ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

wa-uk'tub lanā fī hādhihi l-dun'yā ḥasanatan wafī l-ākhirati innā hud'nā ilayka qāla ʿadhābī uṣību bihi man ashāu waraḥmatī wasiʿat kulla shayin fasa-aktubuhā lilladhīna yattaqūna wayu'tūna l-zakata wa-alladhīna hum biāyātinā yu'minūna

And decree for us in this world [that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You." [Allāh] said, "My punishment - I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things." So I will decree it [especially] for those who fear Me and give zakāh and those who believe in Our verses-

— Saheeh International

Grant us good things in this world and in the life to come. We turn to You.’ God said, ‘I bring My punishment on whoever I will, but My mercy encompasses all things. ‘I shall ordain My mercy for those who are conscious of God and pay the prescribed alms; who believe in Our Revelations;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And ordain for us good in this world, and in the Hereafter. Certainly we have turned unto You." He said: (As to) My punishment I afflict therewith whom I will and My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2), and give Zakât; and those who believe in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs and revelations, etc.);

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

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۞ وَٱكْتُبْwa-uk'tubAnd ordain
لَنَاlanāfor us
فِىfīin
هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the] world
حَسَنَةًۭḥasanatangood
وَفِىwafīand in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
هُدْنَآhud'nāwe have turned
إِلَيْكَۚilaykato You
قَالَqālaHe said
عَذَابِىٓʿadhābīMy punishment
أُصِيبُuṣībuI afflict
بِهِۦbihiwith it
مَنْmanwhom
أَشَآءُۖashāuI will
وَرَحْمَتِىwaraḥmatībut My Mercy
وَسِعَتْwasiʿatencompasses
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍۢۚshayinthing
فَسَأَكْتُبُهَاfasa-aktubuhāSo I will ordain it
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
يَتَّقُونَyattaqūna(are) righteous
وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
هُمhum[they]
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe