Quran 51:16 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They will receive their Lord’s gifts because of the good they did before:
آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ
ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥ'sinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- taking whatsoever their Lord has given them; they were good-doers before that.
- Muhammad Asad
- enjoying all that their Sustainer will have granted them [because], verily, they were doers of good in the past:
- Sahih International
- Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ءَاخِذِينَākhidhīna | Taking | أخذ |
| 2 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 3 | ءَاتَىٰهُمْātāhum | their Lord has given them | أتي |
| 4 | رَبُّهُمْ ۚrabbuhum | their Lord has given them | ربب |
| 5 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 6 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 7 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 8 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 9 | مُحْسِنِينَmuḥ'sinīna | good-doers | حسن |