Quran 39:35 — Az-Zumar, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God will absolve them even of their worst deeds and will reward them according to their best.
لِيُكَفِّرَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ أَسْوَأَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ الَّذِي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
liyukaffira l-lahu ʿanhum aswa-a alladhī ʿamilū wayajziyahum ajrahum bi-aḥsani alladhī kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that God may acquit them of the worst of what they did, and recompense them with the wages of the fairest of what they were doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And to this end, God will efface from their record the worst that they ever did, and give them their reward in accordance with the best that they were doing [in life].
- Sahih International
- That Allāh may remove from them the worst of what they did and reward them their due for the best of what they used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِيُكَفِّرَliyukaffira | That Allah will remove | كفر |
| 2 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | That Allah will remove | أله |
| 3 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 4 | أَسْوَأَaswa-a | (the) worst | سوأ |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (of) what | — |
| 6 | عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilū | they did | عمل |
| 7 | وَيَجْزِيَهُمْwayajziyahum | and reward them | جزي |
| 8 | أَجْرَهُمajrahum | their due | أجر |
| 9 | بِأَحْسَنِbi-aḥsani | for (the) best | حسن |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (of) what | — |
| 11 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 12 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |