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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 111 (16:111)

ٱلنَّحْل

۞ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا …

Quran 16:111 is ayah 111 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 280 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:111
۞ يَوْمَتَأْتِىكُلُّنَفْسٍتُجَٰدِلُعَننَّفْسِهَاوَتُوَفَّىٰكُلُّنَفْسٍمَّاعَمِلَتْوَهُمْلَايُظْلَمُونَ١١١
yawma tatī kullu nafsin tujādilu ʿan nafsihā watuwaffā kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

On the Day when every soul will come disputing [i.e., pleading] for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].(111)

Word by word

  1. ۞ يَوْمَyawma(On) the Day
  2. تَأْتِىtatī(when) will come
  3. كُلُّkulluevery
  4. نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
  5. تُجَٰدِلُtujādilupleading
  6. عَنʿanfor
  7. نَّفْسِهَاnafsihāitself
  8. وَتُوَفَّىٰwatuwaffāand will be paid in full
  9. كُلُّkulluevery
  10. نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
  11. مَّاmāwhat
  12. عَمِلَتْʿamilatit did
  13. وَهُمْwahumand they
  14. لَاlā(will) not
  15. يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnabe wronged

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