Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 84 (28:84)

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مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا ۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى ٱلَّذِينَ …

Quran 28:84 is ayah 84 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 395 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:84
مَنجَآءَبِٱلْحَسَنَةِفَلَهُۥخَيْرٌمِّنْهَا ۖوَمَنجَآءَبِٱلسَّيِّئَةِفَلَايُجْزَىٱلَّذِينَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلسَّئَِّاتِإِلَّامَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٨٤
man jāa bil-ḥasanati falahu khayrun min'hā waman jāa bil-sayi-ati falā yuj'zā alladhīna ʿamilū l-sayiāti illā mā kānū yaʿmalūna

Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it; and whoever comes with an evil deed - then those who did evil deeds will not be recompensed except [as much as] what they used to do.(84)

Word by word

  1. مَنmanWhoever
  2. جَآءَjāacomes
  3. بِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith a good (deed)
  4. فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
  5. خَيْرٌkhayrun(will be) better
  6. مِّنْهَا ۖmin'hāthan it
  7. وَمَنwamanand whoever
  8. جَآءَjāacomes
  9. بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atiwith an evil (deed)
  10. فَلَاfalāthen not
  11. يُجْزَىyuj'zāwill be recompensed
  12. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  13. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūdo
  14. ٱلسَّئَِّاتِl-sayiātithe evil (deeds)
  15. إِلَّاillāexcept
  16. مَاmāwhat
  17. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
  18. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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