Quran 42:23 — Ash-Shura, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it is of this that God gives good news to His servants who believe and do good deeds. Say [Prophet], ‘I ask no reward from you for this, only the affection due to kin.’ If anyone does good, We shall increase it for him; God is most forgiving and most appreciative.
ذَٰلِكَ الَّذِي يُبَشِّرُ اللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ ۗ قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَىٰ ۗ وَمَنْ يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةً نَزِدْ لَهُ فِيهَا حُسْنًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ
dhālika alladhī yubashiru l-lahu ʿibādahu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti qul lā asalukum ʿalayhi ajran illā l-mawadata fī l-qur'bā waman yaqtarif ḥasanatan nazid lahu fīhā ḥus'nan inna l-laha ghafūrun shakūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is the good tidings God gives to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: 'I do not ask of you a wage for this, except love for the kinsfolk; and whosoever gains a good deed, We shall give him increase of good in respect of it. Surely God is All-forgiving, All-thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- that [bounty] whereof God gives the glad tiding to such of His servants as attain to faith and do righteous deeds. Say [O Prophet]: “No reward do I ask of you for this [message] other than [that you should] love your fellow-men.” For, if anyone gains [the merit of] a good deed, We shall grant him through it an increase of good: and, verily, God is much-forgiving, ever responsive to gratitude.
- Sahih International
- It is that of which Allāh gives good tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., this message] any payment [but] only good will through [i.e., due to] kinship." And whoever commits a good deed - We will increase for him good therein. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Appreciative.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is of) which | — |
| 3 | يُبَشِّرُyubashiru | Allah gives glad tidings | بشر |
| 4 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah gives glad tidings | أله |
| 5 | عِبَادَهُʿibādahu | (to) His slaves | عبد |
| 6 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 7 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 8 | وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilū | and do | عمل |
| 9 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ۗl-ṣāliḥāti | righteous deeds | صلح |
| 10 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 11 | لَّآlā | Not | — |
| 12 | أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukum | I ask you | سأل |
| 13 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for it | — |
| 14 | أَجْرًاajran | any payment | أجر |
| 15 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 16 | ٱلْمَوَدَّةَl-mawadata | the love | ودد |
| 17 | فِىfī | among | — |
| 18 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ ۗl-qur'bā | the relatives | قرب |
| 19 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 20 | يَقْتَرِفْyaqtarif | earns | قرف |
| 21 | حَسَنَةًۭḥasanatan | any good | حسن |
| 22 | نَّزِدْnazid | We increase | زيد |
| 23 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 24 | فِيهَاfīhā | therein | — |
| 25 | حُسْنًا ۚḥus'nan | good | حسن |
| 26 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 27 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 28 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 29 | شَكُورٌshakūrun | All-Appreciative | شكر |