Quran 23:61 — Al-Muminoon, verse 61
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
are the ones who race toward good things, and they will be the first to get them.
أُولَـٰئِكَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ
ulāika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wahum lahā sābiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- those vie in good works, outracing to them.
- Muhammad Asad
- it is they who vie with one another in doing good works, and it is they who outrun [all others] in attaining to them!
- Sahih International
- It is those who hasten to good deeds, and they outstrip [others] therein.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | (It is) those | — |
| 2 | يُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūna | who hasten | سرع |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrāti | the good (deeds) | خير |
| 5 | وَهُمْwahum | and they | — |
| 6 | لَهَاlahā | in them | — |
| 7 | سَـٰبِقُونَsābiqūna | (are) foremost | سبق |