Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 30 (3:30)

آلِ عِمْرَان

يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُّحْضَرًا وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِن سُوٓءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ …

Quran 3:30 is ayah 30 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 54 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:30
يَوْمَتَجِدُكُلُّنَفْسٍمَّاعَمِلَتْمِنْخَيْرٍمُّحْضَرًاوَمَاعَمِلَتْمِنسُوٓءٍتَوَدُّلَوْأَنَّبَيْنَهَاوَبَيْنَهُۥٓأَمَدًۢابَعِيدًا ۗوَيُحَذِّرُكُمُٱللَّهُنَفْسَهُۥ ۗوَٱللَّهُرَءُوفٌۢبِٱلْعِبَادِ٣٠
yawma tajidu kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat min khayrin muḥ'ḍaran wamā ʿamilat min sūin tawaddu law anna baynahā wabaynahu amadan baʿīdan wayuḥadhirukumu l-lahu nafsahu wal-lahu raūfun bil-ʿibādi

The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allāh warns you of Himself, and Allāh is Kind to [His] servants."(30)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(On the) day
  2. تَجِدُtajiduwill find
  3. كُلُّkulluevery
  4. نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
  5. مَّاmāwhat
  6. عَمِلَتْʿamilatit did
  7. مِنْminof
  8. خَيْرٍkhayringood
  9. مُّحْضَرًاmuḥ'ḍaranpresented
  10. وَمَاwamāand what
  11. عَمِلَتْʿamilatit did
  12. مِنminof
  13. سُوٓءٍsūinevil
  14. تَوَدُّtawadduit will wish
  15. لَوْlaw[if]
  16. أَنَّannathat
  17. بَيْنَهَاbaynahābetween itself
  18. وَبَيْنَهُۥٓwabaynahuand between it (evil)
  19. أَمَدًۢاamadan(was) a distance
  20. بَعِيدًا ۗbaʿīdangreat
  21. وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُwayuḥadhirukumuAnd warns you
  22. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  23. نَفْسَهُۥ ۗnafsahu(against) Himself
  24. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
  25. رَءُوفٌۢraūfun(is) Most Kind
  26. بِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādito (His) [the] slaves

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