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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 96 (16:96)

ٱلنَّحْل

مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَجْرَهُم …

Quran 16:96 is ayah 96 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 278 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:96
مَاعِندَكُمْيَنفَدُ ۖوَمَاعِندَٱللَّهِبَاقٍ ۗوَلَنَجْزِيَنَّٱلَّذِينَصَبَرُوٓا۟أَجْرَهُمبِأَحْسَنِمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٩٦
mā ʿindakum yanfadu wamā ʿinda l-lahi bāqin walanajziyanna alladhīna ṣabarū ajrahum bi-aḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūna

Whatever you have will end, but what Allāh has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.(96)

Word by word

  1. مَاmāWhatever
  2. عِندَكُمْʿindakum(is) with you
  3. يَنفَدُ ۖyanfaduwill be exhausted
  4. وَمَاwamāand whatever
  5. عِندَʿinda(is) with
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  7. بَاقٍ ۗbāqin(will) be remaining
  8. وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّwalanajziyannaAnd surely We will pay
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  10. صَبَرُوٓا۟ṣabarū(are) patient
  11. أَجْرَهُمajrahumtheir reward
  12. بِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsanito (the) best
  13. مَاmā(of) what
  14. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
  15. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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