Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 16 (51:16)

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ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

Quran 51:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 521 of the Madani Mushaf.

51:16
ءَاخِذِينَمَآءَاتَىٰهُمْرَبُّهُمْ ۚإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَبْلَذَٰلِكَمُحْسِنِينَ١٦
ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīna

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.(16)

Word by word

  1. ءَاخِذِينَākhidhīnaTaking
  2. مَآmāwhat
  3. ءَاتَىٰهُمْātāhumtheir Lord has given them
  4. رَبُّهُمْ ۚrabbuhumtheir Lord has given them
  5. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  6. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  7. قَبْلَqablabefore
  8. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  9. مُحْسِنِينَmuḥ'sinīnagood-doers

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