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Verse 22of 43

وَٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ سِرًّۭا وَعَلَانِيَةًۭ وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ﴿٢٢﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home -

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
صَبَرُوا۟ṣabarū(are) patient
ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
وَجْهِwajhi(the) Face
رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqūand spend
مِمَّاmimmāfrom what
رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumWe have provided them
سِرًّۭاsirransecretly
وَعَلَانِيَةًۭwaʿalāniyatanand publicly
وَيَدْرَءُونَwayadraūnaand they repel
بِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith the good
ٱلسَّيِّئَةَl-sayi-atathe evil
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
لَهُمْlahumfor them
عُقْبَىʿuq'bā(is) the final attainment
ٱلدَّارِl-dāri(of) the Home

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Qualities of the Blessed Ones, which will lead to ParadiseAllah states that those who have these good qualities, will earn the good, final home: victory and triumph in this life and the Hereafter,الَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ يِنقُضُونَ الْمِيثَـقَ(Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and break not the trust.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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