Text of verse 87:14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
Transliteration
qad aflaḥa man tazakkā
Translation
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah Al-A’la, Verse 14
سورة الأعلى، الآية ١٤
Verse 14 of Surah Al-A’la (87:14), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 591 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 14
Al-Mukhtasar
The one who purified himself from idolatry and sins has attained the objective.
Other translations of verse 14
Indeed, he who purifies himself will attain success,
Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islâmic Monotheism) shall achieve success,
He is successful who groweth,
But those will prosper who purify themselves,
He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,
He has already prospered who has cleansed himself.
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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Az-Zukhruf 43:77
وَنَادَوْا۟ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ
And they will call, "O Mālik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."
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Fatir 35:36
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍ
And for those who disbelieve will be the fire of Hell. [Death] is not decreed for them so they may die, nor will its torment be lightened for them. Thus do We recompense every ungrateful one.
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Ash-Shams 91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,