سورة النازعات، الآية ٤٠
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفْسَ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ ٤٠
wa-ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihi wanahā l-nafsa ʿani l-hawā
But as for he who feared the position of his Lord1847 and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
[1847] See footnote to 55:46.
Verse 40 of Surah An-Nazi’at (79:40), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 584 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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40 & 41. And as for the one who feared his standing before his Lord and stopped himself from following his desires that were made impermissible by Allah, then Paradise is his abode he will take shelter towards.
But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires,
But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts.
But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,
And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and forbids the soul from low desires,
And as for him who feared the station of his Lord (i.e., punishment from his lord) and forbade the self (its) prejudices,
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -
