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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 15
۞ قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ ﴿15﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say: "Shall I inform you of things far better than those? For Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2) there are Gardens (Paradise) with their Lord, underneath which rivers flow. Therein (is their) eternal (home) and Azwâjun Mutahharatun (purified mates or wives). And Allâh will be pleased with them. And Allâh is All-Seer of the (His) slaves".
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ قُلْ
qul
Say
أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم
a-unabbi-ukum
Shall I inform you
بِخَيْرٍۢ
bikhayrin
of better
مِّن
min
than
ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ
dhālikum
that
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
For those who
ٱتَّقَوْا۟
ittaqaw
fear[ed]
عِندَ
ʿinda
with
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
جَنَّـٰتٌۭ
jannātun
(are) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
[the] rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
abiding forever
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
وَأَزْوَٰجٌۭ
wa-azwājun
and spouses
مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ
muṭahharatun
pure
وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ
wariḍ'wānun
and approval
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بَصِيرٌۢ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
بِٱلْعِبَادِ
bil-ʿibādi
of (His) slaves
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Verse 15) See the commentary of Surah Al-Baqarah, verse (25). The word { ”رِضْوَانٌ“ ’’ رَضِيَ يَرْضَي (س)‘‘} mentioned in this verse is a verbal noun from the defective "waw" root; its verbal noun also comes as {’’رِضًا ‘‘}, but due to the greater number of letters in {”رِضْوَانٌ“} and the tanween being for magnification, it has been translated as "great pleasure." In reality, this blessing is superior to all the blessings of Paradise. Allah said: «وَ رِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ اَكْبَرُ » [التوبۃ : ۷۲ ] "And a little pleasure from Allah is the greatest."
