Quran 32:17 — As-Sajda, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No soul knows what joy is kept hidden in store for them as a reward for what they have done.
فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
falā taʿlamu nafsun mā ukh'fiya lahum min qurrati aʿyunin jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No soul knows what comfort is laid up for them secretly, as a recompense for that they were doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [as for all such believers,] no human being can imagine what blissful delights, as yet hidden, await them [in the life to come] as a reward for all that they did.
- Sahih International
- And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes [i.e., satisfaction] as reward for what they used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَاfalā | And not | — |
| 2 | تَعْلَمُtaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 3 | نَفْسٌۭnafsun | a soul | نفس |
| 4 | مَّآmā | what | — |
| 5 | أُخْفِىَukh'fiya | is hidden | خفي |
| 6 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 7 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 8 | قُرَّةِqurrati | (the) comfort | قرر |
| 9 | أَعْيُنٍۢaʿyunin | (for) the eyes | عين |
| 10 | جَزَآءًۢjazāan | (as) a reward | جزي |
| 11 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 12 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 13 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |