Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 39 (37:39)

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وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Quran 37:39 is ayah 39 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 447 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:39
وَمَاتُجْزَوْنَإِلَّامَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ٣٩
wamā tuj'zawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūna

And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -(39)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
  3. إِلَّاillāexcept
  4. مَاmāwhat
  5. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  6. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

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