Quran 25:15 — Al-Furqaan, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Which is better, this or the lasting Garden that those who are mindful of God have been promised as their reward and journey’s end?’
قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ الْخُلْدِ الَّتِي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَ ۚ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَاءً وَمَصِيرًا
qul adhālika khayrun am jannatu l-khul'di allatī wuʿida l-mutaqūna kānat lahum jazāan wamaṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Is that better, or the Garden of Eternity, that is promised to the godfearing, and is their recompense and homecoming?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Which is better - that, or the paradise of life abiding which has been promised to the God-conscious as their reward and their journey’s end –
- Sahih International
- Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَذَٰلِكَadhālika | Is that | — |
| 3 | خَيْرٌkhayrun | better | خير |
| 4 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 5 | جَنَّةُjannatu | Garden | جنن |
| 6 | ٱلْخُلْدِl-khul'di | (of) Eternity | خلد |
| 7 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 8 | وُعِدَwuʿida | is promised | وعد |
| 9 | ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۚl-mutaqūna | (to) the righteous | وقي |
| 10 | كَانَتْkānat | It will be | كون |
| 11 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 12 | جَزَآءًۭjazāan | a reward | جزي |
| 13 | وَمَصِيرًۭاwamaṣīran | and destination | صير |