سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 97
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُۥ حَيَوٰةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿97﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Whoever works righteousness - whether male or female - while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islâmic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
مَنْ
man
Whoever
عَمِلَ
ʿamila
does
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
righteous deeds
مِّن
min
whether
ذَكَرٍ
dhakarin
male
أَوْ
aw
or
أُنثَىٰ
unthā
female
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
مُؤْمِنٌۭ
mu'minun
(is) a believer
فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُۥ
falanuḥ'yiyannahu
then surely We will give him life
حَيَوٰةًۭ
ḥayatan
a life
طَيِّبَةًۭ ۖ
ṭayyibatan
good
وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ
walanajziyannahum
and We will pay them
أَجْرَهُم
ajrahum
their reward
بِأَحْسَنِ
bi-aḥsani
to (the) best
مَا
mā
of what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
97. 1. By "حیات طیبہ" (better life) is meant the life of this world, because the life of the Hereafter is mentioned in the next sentence, and the meaning is that the pleasure and sweetness which a righteous and pious believer feels in living a virtuous and God-fearing life, in worship and obedience to Allah, and in asceticism and contentment, is not available to a disbeliever and sinner despite all the comforts and conveniences of the world. Rather, he remains afflicted by a kind of restlessness and anxiety. "ومن اعرض عن ذکری فان لہ معیشۃ ضنکا" Whoever turns away from My remembrance, his life will be one of hardship.
