Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 35 (39:35)

ٱلزُّمَر

لِيُكَفِّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِيَهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ ٱلَّذِى …

Quran 39:35 is ayah 35 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 462 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:35
لِيُكَفِّرَٱللَّهُعَنْهُمْأَسْوَأَٱلَّذِىعَمِلُوا۟وَيَجْزِيَهُمْأَجْرَهُمبِأَحْسَنِٱلَّذِىكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٣٥
liyukaffira l-lahu ʿanhum aswa-a alladhī ʿamilū wayajziyahum ajrahum bi-aḥsani alladhī kānū yaʿmalūna

That Allāh may remove from them the worst of what they did and reward them their due for the best of what they used to do.(35)

Word by word

  1. لِيُكَفِّرَliyukaffiraThat Allah will remove
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuThat Allah will remove
  3. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  4. أَسْوَأَaswa-a(the) worst
  5. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) what
  6. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
  7. وَيَجْزِيَهُمْwayajziyahumand reward them
  8. أَجْرَهُمajrahumtheir due
  9. بِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsanifor (the) best
  10. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) what
  11. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  12. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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