Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 74 (39:74)

ٱلزُّمَر

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُۥ وَأَوْرَثَنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّأُ مِنَ …

Quran 39:74 is ayah 74 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 466 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:74
وَقَالُوا۟ٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِٱلَّذِىصَدَقَنَاوَعْدَهُۥوَأَوْرَثَنَاٱلْأَرْضَنَتَبَوَّأُمِنَٱلْجَنَّةِحَيْثُنَشَآءُ ۖفَنِعْمَأَجْرُٱلْعَٰمِلِينَ٧٤
waqālū l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī ṣadaqanā waʿdahu wa-awrathanā l-arḍa natabawwa-u mina l-janati ḥaythu nashāu faniʿ'ma ajru l-ʿāmilīna

And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has fulfilled for us His promise and made us inherit the earth [so] we may settle in Paradise wherever we will. And excellent is the reward of [righteous] workers."(74)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they will say
  2. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praise
  3. لِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allah
  4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīWho
  5. صَدَقَنَاṣadaqanāhas fulfilled for us
  6. وَعْدَهُۥwaʿdahuHis promise
  7. وَأَوْرَثَنَاwa-awrathanāand has made us inherit
  8. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  9. نَتَبَوَّأُnatabawwa-uwe may settle
  10. مِنَmina[from]
  11. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati(in) Paradise
  12. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  13. نَشَآءُ ۖnashāuwe wish
  14. فَنِعْمَfaniʿ'maSo excellent
  15. أَجْرُajru(is the) reward
  16. ٱلْعَٰمِلِينَl-ʿāmilīna(of) the workers

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