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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 170of 206

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ﴿١٧٠

Translation (Sahih International)

But those who hold fast to the Book and establish prayer - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of the reformers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
يُمَسِّكُونَyumassikūnahold fast
بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābito the Book
وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
إِنَّاinnāindeed, We
لَا(will) not
نُضِيعُnuḍīʿu[We] let go waste
أَجْرَajra(the) reward
ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَl-muṣ'liḥīna(of) the reformers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Children of Israel scatter throughout the LandAllah states that He divided the Jews into various nations, sects and groups, وَقُلْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ لِبَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ اسْكُنُواْ الاٌّرْضَ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ الاٌّخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًا (And We said to the Children of Israel after him (after Musa died): "Dwell in the land, then, when the final and the last promise comes near, We shall bring you altogether as a mixed crowd (gathered out of various nations).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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