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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 30

سورة الكهف، الآية ٣٠

18:30 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 297 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:30

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا ۝٣٠

Transliteration

inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti innā lā nuḍīʿu ajra man aḥsana ʿamalan

Translation

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.

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Verse 30 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:30), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 297 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 30

Al-Mukhtasar

Those who have faith in Allah and do righteous actions have done Ill and they will receive a huge reward. I do not let the reward of those who do Ill go to waste. Instead, I give them their reward in full without any reduction.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Kahf

Other translations of verse 30

Those who believe and do righteous deeds, We will not let the reward of those who do good deeds to go to waste.

Verily as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, certainly We shall not make the reward of anyone who does his (righteous) deeds in the most perfect manner to be lost.

Lo! as for those who believe and do good works - Lo! We suffer not the reward of one whose work is goodly to be lost.

As to those who believe and work righteousness, verily We shall not suffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteous deed.

Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, We do not waste the reward of him who does a good work.

Surely the ones who have believed and done deeds of righteousness, surely We do not waste the reward of him who does fair deeds.

Verse 30 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believed أ م ن
  4. وَعَمِلُوا۟ waʿamilū and did ع م ل
  5. ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ l-ṣāliḥāti the good deeds ص ل ح
  6. إِنَّا innā indeed, We
  7. لَا lā will not let go waste
  8. نُضِيعُ nuḍīʿu will not let go waste ض ي ع
  9. أَجْرَ ajra (the) reward أ ج ر
  10. مَنْ man (of one) who
  11. أَحْسَنَ aḥsana does good ح س ن
  12. عَمَلًا ʿamalan deeds ع م ل

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 338

You have followed the Sunnah and your (first) prayer was enough for you

Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Two men set out on a journey, and prayer became due while they had no water. They performed dry ablution, using clean earth, and prayed. Later on, they found water while still within the time of the prayer. One of them repeated his…

أَصَبْتَ السُّنَّةَ وَأَجْزَأَتْكَ صَلاَتُكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي تَوَضَّأَ وَأَعَادَ ‏"‏ لَكَ الأَجْرُ مَرَّتَيْنِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 3 other versions Explained

Verses related to verse 30

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Furqan 25:66

    إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا

    Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:51

    وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

  • Al-Hajj 22:23

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَلُؤْلُؤًا وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ

    Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be silk.

  • Al-Kahf 18:29

    وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

    And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

  • Al-Furqan 25:75–76

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَٰمًا …

    Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace, …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Luqman 31:8

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them are the Gardens of Pleasure,

  • Maryam 19:96

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وُدًّا

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.

  • Fussilat 41:8

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them is a reward uninterrupted.

  • Al-Bayyinah 98:7

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ ٱلْبَرِيَّةِ

    Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures.

  • Al-Kahf 18:107

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging,

  • Al-Baqarah 2:277

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakāh will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

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