سُوْرَةُ الْحَجِّ

Surah Al-Hajj (22) — Ayah 14

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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ ﴿14﴾
Truly, Allâh will admit those who believe (in Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds (according to the Qur’ân and the Sunnah) to Gardens underneath which rivers flow (in Paradise). Verily, Allâh does what He wills.
إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
يُدْخِلُ yud'khilu will admit
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟ waʿamilū and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ l-ṣāliḥāti the righteous deeds
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ jannātin (to) Gardens
تَجْرِى tajrī flow
مِن min from
تَحْتِهَا taḥtihā underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ l-anhāru the rivers
إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
يَفْعَلُ yafʿalu does
مَا what
يُرِيدُ yurīdu He intends

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(Ayah 14) ➊ { اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا … :} After mentioning the disbelievers and the self-serving, doubtful Muslims, those Muslims are mentioned who remain steadfast on Islam in both hardship and ease, who are blessed with the wealth of certainty and faith, and who perform every deed with sincerity of intention according to the Sunnah of the Prophet, because both of these things are necessary for righteous deeds. Allah Almighty has promised such people gardens beneath which rivers flow.

{ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيْدُ:} That is, Allah Almighty is the owner of unlimited authority; He can give to whomever He wills in this world or the Hereafter. For a small deed, He can grant Paradise whose width is equal to the width of the heavens and the earth, as He said: «{ عَرْضُهَا السَّمٰوٰتُ وَ الْاَرْضُ [ آل عمران : ۱۳۳ ] "The width of Paradise is equal to the width of the heavens and the earth." While He can throw the disbelievers and polytheists into Hell forever. No one has the power to question His command; whatever He wants to give, no one can prevent, and whatever He withholds, no one can give or cause to be given.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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14. Surely those who believe and do righteous deeds, Allah will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, Allah does whatever He wills [13].

[13] That is, the powers of Allah Almighty are unlimited. If He wills, He can grant those who believe and do righteous deeds a reward and recompense many hundreds of times greater than their deeds. If He wills, He can forgive all their minor mistakes. However, one thing is excluded from this: He does not wrong His servants in any way. In this matter, He does not use His powers, rather, He preserves the requirements of justice.