Quran 39:74 — Az-Zumar, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and they will say, ‘Praise be to God who has kept His promise to us and given us this land as our own. Now we may live wherever we please in the Garden.’ How excellent is the reward of those who labour!
وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَأَوْرَثَنَا الْأَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّأُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشَاءُ ۖ فَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ
waqālū l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī ṣadaqanā waʿdahu wa-awrathanā l-arḍa natabawwa-u mina l-janati ḥaythu nashāu faniʿ'ma ajru l-ʿāmilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they shall say, 'Praise belongs to God, who has been true in His promise to us, and has bequeathed upon us the earth, for us to make our dwelling wheresoever we will in Paradise.' How excellent is the wage of those that labour!
- Muhammad Asad
- And they will exclaim: “All praise is due to God, who has made His promise to us come true, and has bestowed upon us this expanse [of bliss] as our portion, so that we may dwell in paradise as we please!” And how excellent a reward will it be for those who laboured [in God’s way]!
- Sahih International
- And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has fulfilled for us His promise and made us inherit the earth [so] we may settle in Paradise wherever we will. And excellent is the reward of [righteous] workers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they will say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu | All praise | حمد |
| 3 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (be) to Allah | أله |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | Who | — |
| 5 | صَدَقَنَاṣadaqanā | has fulfilled for us | صدق |
| 6 | وَعْدَهُۥwaʿdahu | His promise | وعد |
| 7 | وَأَوْرَثَنَاwa-awrathanā | and has made us inherit | ورث |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | نَتَبَوَّأُnatabawwa-u | we may settle | بوأ |
| 10 | مِنَmina | [from] | — |
| 11 | ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati | (in) Paradise | جنن |
| 12 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 13 | نَشَآءُ ۖnashāu | we wish | شيأ |
| 14 | فَنِعْمَfaniʿ'ma | So excellent | نعم |
| 15 | أَجْرُajru | (is the) reward | أجر |
| 16 | ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَl-ʿāmilīna | (of) the workers | عمل |