Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 156 (7:156)

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۞ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ …

Quran 7:156 is ayah 156 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 170 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:156
۞ وَٱكْتُبْلَنَافِىهَٰذِهِٱلدُّنْيَاحَسَنَةًوَفِىٱلَْٔاخِرَةِإِنَّاهُدْنَآإِلَيْكَ ۚقَالَعَذَابِىٓأُصِيبُبِهِۦمَنْأَشَآءُ ۖوَرَحْمَتِىوَسِعَتْكُلَّشَىْءٍ ۚفَسَأَكْتُبُهَالِلَّذِينَيَتَّقُونَوَيُؤْتُونَٱلزَّكَوٰةَوَٱلَّذِينَهُمبَِٔايَٰتِنَايُؤْمِنُونَ١٥٦
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-(156)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَٱكْتُبْwa-uk'tubAnd ordain
  2. لَنَاlanāfor us
  3. فِىfīin
  4. هَٰذِهِhādhihithis
  5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the] world
  6. حَسَنَةًḥasanatangood
  7. وَفِىwafīand in
  8. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  9. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  10. هُدْنَآhud'nāwe have turned
  11. إِلَيْكَ ۚilaykato You
  12. قَالَqālaHe said
  13. عَذَابِىٓʿadhābīMy punishment
  14. أُصِيبُuṣībuI afflict
  15. بِهِۦbihiwith it
  16. مَنْmanwhom
  17. أَشَآءُ ۖashāuI will
  18. وَرَحْمَتِىwaraḥmatībut My Mercy
  19. وَسِعَتْwasiʿatencompasses
  20. كُلَّkullaevery
  21. شَىْءٍ ۚshayinthing
  22. فَسَأَكْتُبُهَاfasa-aktubuhāSo I will ordain it
  23. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  24. يَتَّقُونَyattaqūna(are) righteous
  25. وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand give
  26. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
  27. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
  28. هُمhum[they]
  29. بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
  30. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe

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