Quran 3:185 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 185
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Every soul will taste death and you will be paid in full only on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is kept away from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have triumphed. The present world is only an illusory pleasure:
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۖ فَمَنْ زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
kullu nafsin dhāiqatu l-mawti wa-innamā tuwaffawna ujūrakum yawma l-qiyāmati faman zuḥ'ziḥa ʿani l-nāri wa-ud'khila l-janata faqad fāza wamā l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā illā matāʿu l-ghurūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Every soul shall taste of death; you she surely be paid in full your wages on the Day of Resurrection. Whosoever is removed from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, shall win the triumph. The present life is but the joy of delusion.
- Muhammad Asad
- Every human being is bound to taste death: but only on the Day of Resurrection will you be requited in full [for whatever you have done] - whereupon he that shall be drawn away from the fire and brought into paradise will indeed have gained a triumph: for the life of this world is nothing but an enjoyment of self-delusion.
- Sahih International
- Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كُلُّkullu | Every | كلل |
| 2 | نَفْسٍۢnafsin | soul | نفس |
| 3 | ذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatu | (will) taste | ذوق |
| 4 | ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗl-mawti | [the] death | موت |
| 5 | وَإِنَّمَاwa-innamā | and only | — |
| 6 | تُوَفَّوْنَtuwaffawna | you will be paid in full | وفي |
| 7 | أُجُورَكُمْujūrakum | your reward | أجر |
| 8 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 9 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖl-qiyāmati | (of) [the] Resurrection | قوم |
| 10 | فَمَنfaman | Then whoever | — |
| 11 | زُحْزِحَzuḥ'ziḥa | is drawn away | زحزح |
| 12 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 13 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 14 | وَأُدْخِلَwa-ud'khila | and admitted | دخل |
| 15 | ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata | (to) Paradise | جنن |
| 16 | فَقَدْfaqad | then surely | — |
| 17 | فَازَ ۗfāza | he is successful | فوز |
| 18 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 19 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu | (is) the life | حيي |
| 20 | ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 21 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 22 | مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu | enjoyment | متع |
| 23 | ٱلْغُرُورِl-ghurūri | (of) delusion | غرر |