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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 85 (5:85)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

فَأَثَٰبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ …

Quran 5:85 is ayah 85 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 122 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:85
فَأَثَٰبَهُمُٱللَّهُبِمَاقَالُوا۟جَنَّٰتٍتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَا ۚوَذَٰلِكَجَزَآءُٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ٨٥
fa-athābahumu l-lahu bimā qālū jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā wadhālika jazāu l-muḥ'sinīna

So Allāh rewarded them for what they said with gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good.(85)

Word by word

  1. فَأَثَٰبَهُمُfa-athābahumuSo rewarded them
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  3. بِمَاbimāfor what
  4. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  5. جَنَّٰتٍjannātin(with) Gardens
  6. تَجْرِىtajrīflows
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath them
  9. ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
  10. خَٰلِدِينَkhālidīnawill abide forever
  11. فِيهَا ۚfīhāin it
  12. وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
  13. جَزَآءُjazāu(is the) reward
  14. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

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