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Surah An-Naml, Verse 89

سورة النمل، الآية ٨٩

27:89 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 385 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:89

مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ ۝٨٩

Transliteration

man jāa bil-ḥasanati falahu khayrun min'hā wahum min fazaʿin yawma-idhin āminūna

Translation

Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.

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Verse 89 of Surah An-Naml (27:89), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 385 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 89

Al-Mukhtasar

On the Day of Judgement, whoever brings faith and good deeds will gain paradise and will be safe from the horrors of that day due to Allah granting them that safety.

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Other translations of verse 89

Whoever comes with a good deed will be rewarded with better than it, and they will be safe from the horror of that Day.

Whoever brings a good deed (i.e. Belief in the Oneness of Allâh along with every deed of righteousness), will have better than its worth; and they will be safe from the terror on that Day.

Whoso bringeth a good deed will have better than its worth; and such are safe from fear that Day.

If any do good, good will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they will be secure from terror that Day.

Whoever brings good, he shall have better than it; and they shall be secure from terror on the day.

Whoever comes with a fair (deed), then he will have a more charitable (i.e., better) (reward) than it, and they will be secure from alarm upon that Day.

Verse 89 word by word

  1. مَن man Whoever
  2. جَآءَ jāa comes ج ي أ
  3. بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ bil-ḥasanati with the good ح س ن
  4. فَلَهُۥ falahu then for him
  5. خَيْرٌ khayrun (will be) better خ ي ر
  6. مِّنْهَا min'hā than it
  7. وَهُم wahum and they
  8. مِّن min from
  9. فَزَعٍ fazaʿin (the) terror ف ز ع
  10. يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin (of) that Day ي و م
  11. ءَامِنُونَ āminūna (will be) safe أ م ن

Verses related to verse 89

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:52

    يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

  • Ar-Rum 30:25

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ

    And of His signs is that the heaven and earth stand [i.e., remain] by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.

  • Al-Ma’arij 70:43

    يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

    The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

  • At-Tur 52:9–10

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا …

    On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion …

  • Taha 20:105

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا

    And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.

  • Taha 20:107

    لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَآ أَمْتًا

    You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."

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  • Al-Qasas 28:84

    مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it; and whoever comes with an evil deed - then those who did evil deeds will not be recompensed except [as much as] what they used to do.

  • Al-An’am 6:160

    مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.

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