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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 70

سورة الزمر، الآية ٧٠

39:70 Juz 24 Hizb 47 Page 466 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:70

وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ ۝٧٠

Transliteration

wawuffiyat kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat wahuwa aʿlamu bimā yafʿalūna

Translation

And every soul will be fully compensated [for] what it did; and He is most knowing1361 of what they do.

Notes

[1361] With no need for any record or witnesses, which are but means to establish proof to the soul itself in addition to its own knowledge of what it has done.

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Verse 70 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:70), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 466 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 70

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah will give each soul its recompense in full, whether its actions were good or evil. Allah knows best what they do. Nothing of their actions, whether good or bad, is hidden from Him and He will give them the recompense of their actions on this day.

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Other translations of verse 70

Every soul will be paid in full for what it has done, for He knows best21 what they do.

Notes

[21] In addition to its own knowledge of what it has done.

And each person will be paid in full of what he did; and He is Best Aware of what they do.

And each soul is paid in full for what it did. And He is Best Aware of what they do.

And to every soul will be paid in full (the fruit) of its Deeds; and (Allah) knoweth best all that they do.

And every soul shall be paid back fully what it has done, and He knows best what they do.

And every self will be paid in full for whatever it has done; and He knows best whatever they perform.

Verse 70 word by word

  1. وَوُفِّيَتْ wawuffiyat And (will) be paid in full و ف ي
  2. كُلُّ kullu every ك ل ل
  3. نَفْسٍ nafsin soul ن ف س
  4. مَّا mā what
  5. عَمِلَتْ ʿamilat it did ع م ل
  6. وَهُوَ wahuwa and He
  7. أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu (is the) Best-Knower ع ل م
  8. بِمَا bimā of what
  9. يَفْعَلُونَ yafʿalūna they do ف ع ل

Verses related to verse 70

Verses with similar wording

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  • Ali ’Imran 3:25

    فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَٰهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    So how will it be when We assemble them for a Day about which there is no doubt? And each soul will be compensated [in full for] what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:30

    يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُّحْضَرًا وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِن سُوٓءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُۥٓ أَمَدًۢا بَعِيدًا وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسَهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ رَءُوفٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

    The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allāh warns you of Himself, and Allāh is Kind to [His] servants."

  • An-Nahl 16:111

    يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    On the Day when every soul will come disputing [i.e., pleading] for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].

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