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Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 20 (39:20)

ٱلزُّمَر

لَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِيَّةٌ تَجْرِى مِن …

Quran 39:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 460 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:20
لَٰكِنِٱلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوْا۟رَبَّهُمْلَهُمْغُرَفٌمِّنفَوْقِهَاغُرَفٌمَّبْنِيَّةٌتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۖوَعْدَٱللَّهِ ۖلَايُخْلِفُٱللَّهُٱلْمِيعَادَ٢٠
lākini alladhīna ittaqaw rabbahum lahum ghurafun min fawqihā ghurafun mabniyyatun tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru waʿda l-lahi lā yukh'lifu l-lahu l-mīʿāda

But those who have feared their Lord - for them are chambers, above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. [This is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.(20)

Word by word

  1. لَٰكِنِlākiniBut
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawfear
  4. رَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lord
  5. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  6. غُرَفٌghurafun(are) lofty mansions
  7. مِّنminabove them
  8. فَوْقِهَاfawqihāabove them
  9. غُرَفٌghurafunlofty mansions
  10. مَّبْنِيَّةٌmabniyyatunbuilt high
  11. تَجْرِىtajrīflow
  12. مِنminfrom
  13. تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihābeneath it
  14. ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۖl-anhāruthe rivers
  15. وَعْدَwaʿda(The) Promise
  16. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
  17. لَاlāNot
  18. يُخْلِفُyukh'lifuAllah fails
  19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah fails
  20. ٱلْمِيعَادَl-mīʿāda(in His) promise

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