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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 16 (46:16)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَئَِّاتِهِمْ فِىٓ …

Quran 46:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 504 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:16
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَنَتَقَبَّلُعَنْهُمْأَحْسَنَمَاعَمِلُوا۟وَنَتَجَاوَزُعَنسَئَِّاتِهِمْفِىٓأَصْحَٰبِٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖوَعْدَٱلصِّدْقِٱلَّذِىكَانُوا۟يُوعَدُونَ١٦
ulāika alladhīna nataqabbalu ʿanhum aḥsana mā ʿamilū wanatajāwazu ʿan sayyiātihim fī aṣḥābi l-janati waʿda l-ṣid'qi alladhī kānū yūʿadūna

Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.(16)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
  3. نَتَقَبَّلُnataqabbaluWe will accept
  4. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  5. أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
  6. مَاmā(of) what
  7. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
  8. وَنَتَجَاوَزُwanatajāwazuand We will overlook
  9. عَنʿan[from]
  10. سَئَِّاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil deeds
  11. فِىٓfīamong
  12. أَصْحَٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
  13. ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖl-janati(of) Paradise
  14. وَعْدَwaʿdaA promise
  15. ٱلصِّدْقِl-ṣid'qitrue
  16. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
  17. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  18. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnapromised

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