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Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 198 (3:198)

آلِ عِمْرَان

لَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا …

Quran 3:198 is ayah 198 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 76 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:198
لَٰكِنِٱلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوْا۟رَبَّهُمْلَهُمْجَنَّٰتٌتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَانُزُلًامِّنْعِندِٱللَّهِ ۗوَمَاعِندَٱللَّهِخَيْرٌلِّلْأَبْرَارِ١٩٨
lākini alladhīna ittaqaw rabbahum lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru khālidīna fīhā nuzulan min ʿindi l-lahi wamā ʿinda l-lahi khayrun lil'abrāri

But those who feared their Lord will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein, as accommodation from Allāh. And that which is with Allāh is best for the righteous.(198)

Word by word

  1. لَٰكِنِlākiniBut
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawfear
  4. رَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lord
  5. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  6. جَنَّٰتٌjannātun(will be) Gardens
  7. تَجْرِىtajrīflows
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath them
  10. ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers
  11. خَٰلِدِينَkhālidīnawill abide forever
  12. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  13. نُزُلًاnuzulana hospitality
  14. مِّنْminfrom
  15. عِندِʿindi[near]
  16. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
  17. وَمَاwamāAnd what
  18. عِندَʿinda(is) with
  19. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  20. خَيْرٌkhayrun(is) best
  21. لِّلْأَبْرَارِlil'abrārifor the righteous

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