Quran 16:96 — An-Nahl, verse 96
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What you have runs out but what God has endures, and We shall certainly reward those who remain steadfast according to the best of their actions.
مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنْفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
mā ʿindakum yanfadu wamā ʿinda l-lahi bāqin walanajziyanna alladhīna ṣabarū ajrahum bi-aḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What is with you comes to an end, but what is with God abides; and surely We shall recompense those who were patient their wage, according to the best of what they did.
- Muhammad Asad
- all that is with you is bound to come to an end, whereas that which is with God is everlasting. And most certainly shall We grant unto those who are patient in adversity their reward in accordance with the best that they ever did.
- Sahih International
- Whatever you have will end, but what Allāh has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Whatever | — |
| 2 | عِندَكُمْʿindakum | (is) with you | عند |
| 3 | يَنفَدُ ۖyanfadu | will be exhausted | نفد |
| 4 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 5 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | بَاقٍۢ ۗbāqin | (will) be remaining | بقي |
| 8 | وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّwalanajziyanna | And surely We will pay | جزي |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | صَبَرُوٓا۟ṣabarū | (are) patient | صبر |
| 11 | أَجْرَهُمajrahum | their reward | أجر |
| 12 | بِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsani | to (the) best | حسن |
| 13 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 14 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 15 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |