سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 156
۞ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿156﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And ordain for us good in this world, and in the Hereafter. Certainly we have turned unto You." He said: (As to) My punishment I afflict therewith whom I will and My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2), and give Zakât; and those who believe in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs and revelations, etc.);
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَٱكْتُبْ
wa-uk'tub
And ordain
لَنَا
lanā
for us
فِى
fī
in
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
[the] world
حَسَنَةًۭ
ḥasanatan
good
وَفِى
wafī
and in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
هُدْنَآ
hud'nā
we have turned
إِلَيْكَ ۚ
ilayka
to You
قَالَ
qāla
He said
عَذَابِىٓ
ʿadhābī
My punishment
أُصِيبُ
uṣību
I afflict
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
مَنْ
man
whom
أَشَآءُ ۖ
ashāu
I will
وَرَحْمَتِى
waraḥmatī
but My Mercy
وَسِعَتْ
wasiʿat
encompasses
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍۢ ۚ
shayin
thing
فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا
fasa-aktubuhā
So I will ordain it
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
يَتَّقُونَ
yattaqūna
(are) righteous
وَيُؤْتُونَ
wayu'tūna
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
zakah
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
هُم
hum
[they]
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
in Our Verses
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
they believe
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156. And write for us goodness in this world and in the Hereafter. We have turned to You.” Allah replied, “I inflict My punishment on whom I will, but My mercy [153] encompasses all things. So I will decree it for those who are righteous, give zakah, and believe in Our signs.”
[153]
Allah’s Mercy is Universal in This World:
Musa (peace be upon him) asked for goodness for his nation in both this world and the Hereafter, so Allah Almighty replied that the real thing upon which the entire system of this universe runs is My mercy, and all creation is benefiting from My mercy. I only punish the one for whom, due to his disobedience, it has been decreed, and even such people often continue to benefit from My mercies in this world. And the goodness and virtue that you are asking for—that this blessing be granted in this world as well as in the Hereafter—is only the share of those who believe in Our verses, adopt the path of piety, and also pay Our due from their wealth, that is, zakat. Such people will be blessed with My mercy in both this world and the Hereafter. Here, the answer to Musa’s (peace be upon him) supplication ends.
[153]
Allah’s Mercy is Universal in This World:
Musa (peace be upon him) asked for goodness for his nation in both this world and the Hereafter, so Allah Almighty replied that the real thing upon which the entire system of this universe runs is My mercy, and all creation is benefiting from My mercy. I only punish the one for whom, due to his disobedience, it has been decreed, and even such people often continue to benefit from My mercies in this world. And the goodness and virtue that you are asking for—that this blessing be granted in this world as well as in the Hereafter—is only the share of those who believe in Our verses, adopt the path of piety, and also pay Our due from their wealth, that is, zakat. Such people will be blessed with My mercy in both this world and the Hereafter. Here, the answer to Musa’s (peace be upon him) supplication ends.
