Surah As-Sajdah, Ayah 17 (32:17)

ٱلسَّجْدَة

فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أُخْفِىَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Quran 32:17 is ayah 17 of Surah As-Sajdah (“The Prostration”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 416 of the Madani Mushaf.

32:17
فَلَاتَعْلَمُنَفْسٌمَّآأُخْفِىَلَهُممِّنقُرَّةِأَعْيُنٍجَزَآءًۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ١٧
falā taʿlamu nafsun mā ukh'fiya lahum min qurrati aʿyunin jazāan bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes [i.e., satisfaction] as reward for what they used to do.(17)

Word by word

  1. فَلَاfalāAnd not
  2. تَعْلَمُtaʿlamuknows
  3. نَفْسٌnafsuna soul
  4. مَّآmāwhat
  5. أُخْفِىَukh'fiyais hidden
  6. لَهُمlahumfor them
  7. مِّنminof
  8. قُرَّةِqurrati(the) comfort
  9. أَعْيُنٍaʿyunin(for) the eyes
  10. جَزَآءًۢjazāan(as) a reward
  11. بِمَاbimāfor what
  12. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
  13. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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