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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 119

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قَالَ ٱللَّهُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۚ رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿119﴾
Allâh will say: "This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) - they shall abide therein forever. Allâh is pleased with them and they with Him. That is the great success (Paradise).
قَالَ qāla Will say
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
هَـٰذَا hādhā This
يَوْمُ yawmu Day
يَنفَعُ yanfaʿu will profit
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ l-ṣādiqīna the truthful
صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ ṣid'quhum their truthfulness
لَهُمْ lahum For them
جَنَّـٰتٌۭ jannātun (are) Gardens
تَجْرِى tajrī flows
مِن min from
تَحْتِهَا taḥtihā underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ l-anhāru the rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ khālidīna will abide
فِيهَآ fīhā in it
أَبَدًۭا ۚ abadan forever
رَّضِىَ raḍiya is pleased
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
عَنْهُمْ ʿanhum with them
وَرَضُوا۟ waraḍū and they are pleased
عَنْهُ ۚ ʿanhu with Him
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
ٱلْفَوْزُ l-fawzu (is) the success
ٱلْعَظِيمُ l-ʿaẓīmu (the) great

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(Ayah 119) ➊ {قَالَ اللّٰهُ هٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنْفَعُ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ صِدْقُهُمْ:} The greatest injustice and falsehood is to associate partners with Allah and to disbelieve, and the greatest truth and justice is the oneness of Allah and faith, that is, Allah will say that this is the day when the truth of the truthful will benefit them. That is, there will be no way for the forgiveness and pardon of the polytheists, but the people of Tawheed will surely benefit from their Tawheed, no matter how sinful they are. Thus, Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept reciting this verse in prayer until morning: «اِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَ اِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَاِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ » [ المائدۃ : ۱۱۸ ] Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) says that in the morning I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that you kept reciting this verse all night, even in your bowing and prostration, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By repeatedly reciting this verse, I pleaded with Allah for intercession, and Allah accepted my plea. Whoever from my Ummah dies without associating partners (shirk), he will receive my intercession." [ أحمد : ۵؍۱۴۹، ح : ۲۱۳۸۶ ] For {’’ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ‘‘}, also see Surah Al-Baqarah (177), Surah Az-Zumar (33), and Surah Al-Hujurat (15).
{ذٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ:} In comparison, even the greatest success of this world holds no value.

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119. 1. Hazrat Ibn Abbas ؓ has explained its meaning as follows: that day will be such that only Tawheed will benefit the monotheists, meaning there will be no way for the pardon and forgiveness of the polytheists.

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119. Allah will say (in response to this supplication): "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness. For them are gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. That is the supreme success."

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The Truest Statement is the Word of Tawheed:

Allah Almighty will reply that today is the Day of Justice and Fairness; today only truth and truthful words will be of any benefit, and the truest statement is the word of Tawheed—that is, those people who did not consider anyone as a partner with Allah and then remained steadfast upon it with righteousness throughout their lives. Only they can attain salvation. Only they will be admitted into Paradise and will be granted various rewards. Allah will be pleased with such people and they will be pleased with Allah. And since the station of Allah’s pleasure is Paradise itself, they will certainly attain it, and this is the greatest success.