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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 25of 286

وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۖ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍۢ رِّزْقًۭا ۙ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَأُتُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُتَشَٰبِهًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌۭ مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ۖ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.

Word-by-word meaning

وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give good news
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds
أَنَّannathat
لَهُمْlahumfor them
جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātin(will be) Gardens
تَجْرِىtajrīflow
مِنmin[from]
تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunder them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖl-anhāruthe rivers
كُلَّمَاkullamāEvery time
رُزِقُوا۟ruziqūthey are provided
مِنْهَاmin'hātherefrom
مِنminof
ثَمَرَةٍۢthamaratinfruit
رِّزْقًۭا ۙriz'qan(as) provision
قَالُوا۟qālūthey (will) say
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one which
رُزِقْنَاruziq'nāwe were provided
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
وَأُتُوا۟wa-utūAnd they will be given
بِهِۦbihitherefrom
مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا ۖmutashābihan(things) in resemblance
وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them
فِيهَآfīhātherein
أَزْوَٰجٌۭazwājunspouses
مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ۖmuṭahharatunpurified
وَهُمْwahumand they
فِيهَاfīhātherein
خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Rewards of Righteous BelieversAfter mentioning the torment that Allah has prepared for His miserable enemies who disbelieve in Him and in His Messengers, He mentions the condition of His happy, loyal friends who believe in Him and in His Messengers, adhere to the faith and perform the good deeds. This is the reason why the Qur'an was called Mathani, based on the correct opinion of the scholars. We will elaborate upon this subject later.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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