Quran 45:21 — Al-Jaathiya, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do those who commit evil deeds really think that We will deal with them in the same way as those who believe and do righteous deeds, that they will be alike in their living and their dying? How badly they judge!
أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَنْ نَجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَوَاءً مَحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۚ سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
am ḥasiba alladhīna ij'taraḥū l-sayiāti an najʿalahum ka-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti sawāan maḥyāhum wamamātuhum sāa mā yaḥkumūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or do those who commit evil deeds think that We shall make them as those who believe and do righteous deeds, equal their living and their dying? How ill they judge!
- Muhammad Asad
- Now as for those who indulge in sinful doings - do they think that We place them, both in their life and their death, on an equal footing with those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds? Bad, indeed, is their judgment:
- Sahih International
- Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which they judge [i.e., assume].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Do | — |
| 2 | حَسِبَḥasiba | think | حسب |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ij'taraḥū | commit | جرح |
| 5 | ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiāti | evil deeds | سوأ |
| 6 | أَنan | that | — |
| 7 | نَّجْعَلَهُمْnajʿalahum | We will make them | جعل |
| 8 | كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīna | like those who | — |
| 9 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believed | أمن |
| 10 | وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilū | and did | عمل |
| 11 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti | righteous deeds | صلح |
| 12 | سَوَآءًۭsawāan | equal | سوي |
| 13 | مَّحْيَاهُمْmaḥyāhum | (in) their life | حيي |
| 14 | وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۚwamamātuhum | and their death | موت |
| 15 | سَآءَsāa | Evil is | سوأ |
| 16 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 17 | يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūna | they judge | حكم |