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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 195
فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّى لَآ أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَـٰمِلٍ مِّنكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ ۖ بَعْضُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ وَأُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ وَأُوذُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِى وَقَـٰتَلُوا۟ وَقُتِلُوا۟ لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ثَوَابًا مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلثَّوَابِ ﴿195﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So their Lord accepted of them (their supplication and answered them), "Never will I allow to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female. You are (members) one of another, so those who emigrated and were driven out from their homes, and suffered harm in My Cause, and who fought, and were killed (in My Cause), verily, I will expiate from them their evil deeds and admit them into Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise); a reward from Allâh, and with Allâh is the best of rewards."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَٱسْتَجَابَ
fa-is'tajāba
Then responded
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
رَبُّهُمْ
rabbuhum
their Lord
أَنِّى
annī
Indeed, I
لَآ
lā
(will) not
أُضِيعُ
uḍīʿu
(let go) waste
عَمَلَ
ʿamala
deeds
عَـٰمِلٍۢ
ʿāmilin
(of the) doer
مِّنكُم
minkum
among you
مِّن
min
[from]
ذَكَرٍ
dhakarin
(whether) male
أَوْ
aw
or
أُنثَىٰ ۖ
unthā
female
بَعْضُكُم
baʿḍukum
each of you
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَعْضٍۢ ۖ
baʿḍin
(the) other
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
So those who
هَاجَرُوا۟
hājarū
emigrated
وَأُخْرِجُوا۟
wa-ukh'rijū
and were driven out
مِن
min
from
دِيَـٰرِهِمْ
diyārihim
their homes
وَأُوذُوا۟
waūdhū
and were harmed
فِى
fī
in
سَبِيلِى
sabīlī
My way
وَقَـٰتَلُوا۟
waqātalū
and fought
وَقُتِلُوا۟
waqutilū
and were killed
لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ
la-ukaffiranna
surely I (will) remove
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ
sayyiātihim
their evil deeds
وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ
wala-ud'khilannahum
and surely I will admit them
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
jannātin
(to) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flowing
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
the rivers
ثَوَابًۭا
thawāban
a reward
مِّنْ
min
from
عِندِ
ʿindi
[near]
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عِندَهُۥ
ʿindahu
with Him
حُسْنُ
ḥus'nu
(is the) best
ٱلثَّوَابِ
l-thawābi
reward
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.
195. 1. Here, فَا سْتَجَاب is in the meaning of اَجَابَ 'accepted' (Fath al-Qadeer).
195. 2. The clarification of whether it is a man or a woman is given because Islam, in some matters, has made distinctions between men and women based on their differing natural characteristics. For example, in leadership and authority, in the responsibility of earning a livelihood, in participation in jihad, and in receiving half the share in inheritance. This is so that it is not misunderstood that perhaps there will also be some difference between men and women in the reward for righteous deeds. No! This will not happen; the reward for good deeds that a man receives, a woman will also receive the same.
195. 3. This is a parenthetical sentence; its purpose is to clarify the previous point, that in reward and obedience, you men and women are the same. In some narrations, it is mentioned that Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) once said, "O Messenger of Allah! Allah Almighty has not mentioned women in relation to migration." Upon this, this verse was revealed (Tafsir Tabari, Ibn Kathir, and Fath al-Qadeer).
195. 2. The clarification of whether it is a man or a woman is given because Islam, in some matters, has made distinctions between men and women based on their differing natural characteristics. For example, in leadership and authority, in the responsibility of earning a livelihood, in participation in jihad, and in receiving half the share in inheritance. This is so that it is not misunderstood that perhaps there will also be some difference between men and women in the reward for righteous deeds. No! This will not happen; the reward for good deeds that a man receives, a woman will also receive the same.
195. 3. This is a parenthetical sentence; its purpose is to clarify the previous point, that in reward and obedience, you men and women are the same. In some narrations, it is mentioned that Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) once said, "O Messenger of Allah! Allah Almighty has not mentioned women in relation to migration." Upon this, this verse was revealed (Tafsir Tabari, Ibn Kathir, and Fath al-Qadeer).
