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Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 16

سورة الفرقان، الآية ١٦

25:16 Juz 18 Hizb 36 Page 361 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 25:16

لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًا مَّسْـُٔولًا ۝١٦

Transliteration

lahum fīhā mā yashāūna khālidīna kāna ʿalā rabbika waʿdan masūlan

Translation

For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.1010

Notes

[1010] Or "...a promise requested [for them by the angels]."

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

In this paradise, they will have whatever blessings they desire; that is a promise on Allah which His Allah-conscious servants will ask Him for. And the promise of Allah will be fulfilled, because He never breaks promises.

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Other translations of verse 16

They will have there whatever they wish for, abiding therein forever. That is a promise that your Lord has taken upon Himself.”

For them there will be therein all that they desire, and they will abide (there forever). It is a promise binding upon your Lord that must be fulfilled.

Therein abiding, they have all that they desire. It is for thy Lord a promise that must be fulfilled.

"For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will dwell (there) for aye: A promise to be prayed for from thy Lord."

They shall have therein what they desire abiding (in it); it is a promise which it is proper to be prayed for from your Lord.

promise upon your Lord, of Him to be asked (by His righteous bondmen).

Verse 16 word by word

  1. لَّهُمْ lahum For them
  2. فِيهَا fīhā therein
  3. مَا mā (is) whatever
  4. يَشَآءُونَ yashāūna they wish ش ي أ
  5. خَٰلِدِينَ khālidīna they will abide forever خ ل د
  6. كَانَ kāna It is ك و ن
  7. عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
  8. رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord ر ب ب
  9. وَعْدًا waʿdan a promise و ع د
  10. مَّسْـُٔولًا masūlan requested س أ ل

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ghafir 40:8

    رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • As-Saffat 37:62–70

    أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ …

    Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm? …

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  • An-Nahl 16:31

    جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allāh reward the righteous -

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