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Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 20

سورة الحشر، الآية ٢٠

59:20 Juz 28 Hizb 55 Page 548 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 59:20

لَا يَسْتَوِىٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

lā yastawī aṣḥābu l-nāri wa-aṣḥābu l-janati aṣḥābu l-janati humu l-fāizūna

Translation

Not equal are the companions of the Fire and the companions of Paradise. The companions of Paradise - they are the attainers [of success].

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Verse 20 of Surah Al-Hashr (59:20), a Medinan surah, is in juz 28, on page 548 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 20

Al-Mukhtasar

The people of the hellfire and the people of Paradise are not equal. Rather, they are different in their requital just like they differed in their actions in the world. The people of Paradise are the ones who are successful by having achieved whatever they sought and gaining safety from whatever they feared.

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Other translations of verse 20

The people of Hell and the people of Paradise are not equal. It is the people of Paradise who will triumph.

Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise. It is the dwellers of Paradise that will be successful.

Not equal are the owners of the Fire and the owners of the Garden. The owners of the Garden, they are the victorious.

Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the Garden: it is the Companions of the Garden, that will achieve Felicity.

Not alike are the inmates of the fire and the dwellers of the garden: the dwellers of the garden are they that are the achievers.

Not equal are the companions (i.e., inhabitants) of the Fire and the companions of the Garden; the companions of the Garden are they who are the triumphant

Verse 20 word by word

  1. لَا lā Not
  2. يَسْتَوِىٓ yastawī equal س و ي
  3. أَصْحَٰبُ aṣḥābu (are the) companions ص ح ب
  4. ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri (of) the Fire ن و ر
  5. وَأَصْحَٰبُ wa-aṣḥābu and (the) companions ص ح ب
  6. ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati (of) Paradise ج ن ن
  7. أَصْحَٰبُ aṣḥābu (The) companions ص ح ب
  8. ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati (of) Paradise ج ن ن
  9. هُمُ humu they
  10. ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ l-fāizūna (are) the achievers ف و ز

Verses related to verse 20

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Jathiyah 45:21

    أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which they judge [i.e., assume].

  • Ghafir 40:58

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.

  • Sad 38:28

    أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ

    Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?

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