Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nahl, Ayah 96

An-Nahl · Ayah 96 · View Ayah
مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٍۢ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

That which is with you of the things of this world will come to an end will perish but that which is with God remains it is everlasting. And He shall surely pay read la-yajziyanna or la-najziyanna ‘We shall surely pay’ those who were patient in fulfilling their covenants their reward according to the best of what they used to do ‘the best’ here means ‘the good’.

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(That which ye have) of wealth (is wasted away, and that which Allah hath) of reward (remaineth. And verily We shall pay those who are steadfast) in refraining from making a false pledge and acknowledge the Truth (a recompense) their reward in the Hereafter (in proportion to the best of what they used to do) because of their beneficence in this worldly life.

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