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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 122

سورة النحل، الآية ١٢٢

16:122 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 281 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:122

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝١٢٢

Transliteration

waātaynāhu fī l-dun'yā ḥasanatan wa-innahu fī l-ākhirati lamina l-ṣāliḥīna

Translation

And We gave him good in this world, and indeed, in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.

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Verse 122 of Surah An-Nahl (16:122), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 281 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 122

Al-Mukhtasar

I gave him in this world prophethood, praiseworthy mention and pious children. In the afterlife he will be from the righteous for whom Allah has prepared the highest ranks in paradise.

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Other translations of verse 122

We gave him good in this world, and in the Hereafter, he will surely be among the righteous76.

Notes

[76] Sālihīn (righteous) are the prophets and the messengers.

And We gave him good in this world, and in the Hereafter he shall be of the righteous.

And We gave him good in the world, and in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.

And We gave him Good in this world, and he will be, in the Hereafter, in the ranks of the Righteous.

And We gave him good in this world, and in the next he will most surely be among the good.

And We brought him in the present (life) (Literally: the lowly "life", i.e., the life of this world) a fair (reward), and surely in the Hereafter he will indeed be among the righteous.

Verse 122 word by word

  1. وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ waātaynāhu And We gave him أ ت ي
  2. فِى fī in
  3. ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā the world د ن و
  4. حَسَنَةً ḥasanatan good ح س ن
  5. وَإِنَّهُۥ wa-innahu and indeed, he
  6. فِى fī in
  7. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ l-ākhirati the Hereafter أ خ ر
  8. لَمِنَ lamina (he) will surely (be) among
  9. ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ l-ṣāliḥīna the righteous ص ل ح

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  • Al-Baqarah 2:130

    وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۥ وَلَقَدِ ٱصْطَفَيْنَٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And who would be averse to the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself. And We had chosen him in this world, and indeed he, in the Hereafter, will be among the righteous.

  • Al-’Ankabut 29:27

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We gave to him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous.

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