Quran 16:97 — An-Nahl, verse 97
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
To whoever, male or female, does good deeds and has faith, We shall give a good life and reward them according to the best of their actions.
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
man ʿamila ṣāliḥan min dhakarin aw unthā wahuwa mu'minun falanuḥ'yiyannahu ḥayatan ṭayyibatan walanajziyannahum ajrahum bi-aḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And whosoever does a righteous deed, be it male or female, believing, We shall assuredly give him to live a goodly life; and We shall recompense them their wage, according to the best of what they did.
- Muhammad Asad
- As for anyone - be it man or woman - who does righteous deeds, and is a believer withal - him shall We most certainly cause to live a good life. and most certainly shall We grant unto such as these their reward in accordance with the best that they ever did.
- Sahih International
- Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَنْman | Whoever | — |
| 2 | عَمِلَʿamila | does | عمل |
| 3 | صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥan | righteous deeds | صلح |
| 4 | مِّنmin | whether | — |
| 5 | ذَكَرٍdhakarin | male | ذكر |
| 6 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 7 | أُنثَىٰunthā | female | أنث |
| 8 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while he | — |
| 9 | مُؤْمِنٌۭmu'minun | (is) a believer | أمن |
| 10 | فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُۥfalanuḥ'yiyannahu | then surely We will give him life | حيي |
| 11 | حَيَوٰةًۭḥayatan | a life | حيي |
| 12 | طَيِّبَةًۭ ۖṭayyibatan | good | طيب |
| 13 | وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْwalanajziyannahum | and We will pay them | جزي |
| 14 | أَجْرَهُمajrahum | their reward | أجر |
| 15 | بِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsani | to (the) best | حسن |
| 16 | مَاmā | of what | — |
| 17 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 18 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |