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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 85of 120

فَأَثَٰبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ﴿٨٥

Translation (Sahih International)

So Allah rewarded them for what they said with gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good.

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَثَـٰبَهُمُfa-athābahumuSo rewarded them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِمَاbimāfor what
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātin(with) Gardens
تَجْرِىtajrīflows
مِنminfrom
تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīnawill abide forever
فِيهَا ۚfīhāin it
وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
جَزَآءُjazāu(is the) reward
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna(of) the good-doers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Reason Behind Revealing these AyatSa`id bin Jubayr, As-Suddi and others said that these Ayat were revealed concerning a delegation that An-Najashi (King of Ethiopia) sent to the Prophet in order to hear his words and observe his qualities. When the delegation met with the Prophet and he recited the Qur'an to them, they embraced Islam, cried and were humbled. Then they returned to An-Najashi and told him what happened.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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