Quran 17:19 — Al-Israa, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But if anyone desires the life to come and strives after it as he should, as a true believer, his striving will be thanked.
وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُمْ مَشْكُورًا
waman arāda l-ākhirata wasaʿā lahā saʿyahā wahuwa mu'minun fa-ulāika kāna saʿyuhum mashkūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And whosoever desires the world to come and strives after it as he should, being a believer -- those, their striving shall be thanked.
- Muhammad Asad
- But as for those who care for the [good of the] life to come, and strive for it as it ought to be striven for, and are [true] believers withal -they are the ones whose striving finds favour [with God]!
- Sahih International
- But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنْwaman | And whoever | — |
| 2 | أَرَادَarāda | desires | رود |
| 3 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhirata | the Hereafter | أخر |
| 4 | وَسَعَىٰwasaʿā | and exerts | سعي |
| 5 | لَهَاlahā | for it | — |
| 6 | سَعْيَهَاsaʿyahā | the effort | سعي |
| 7 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while he | — |
| 8 | مُؤْمِنٌۭmu'minun | (is) a believer | أمن |
| 9 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 10 | كَانَkāna | [are] | كون |
| 11 | سَعْيُهُمsaʿyuhum | their effort | سعي |
| 12 | مَّشْكُورًۭاmashkūran | (is) appreciated | شكر |