Surah Ghafir, Ayah 17 (40:17)

غَافِر

ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ۚ لَا ظُلْمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ …

Quran 40:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 469 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:17
ٱلْيَوْمَتُجْزَىٰكُلُّنَفْسٍۭبِمَاكَسَبَتْ ۚلَاظُلْمَٱلْيَوْمَ ۚإِنَّٱللَّهَسَرِيعُٱلْحِسَابِ١٧
al-yawma tuj'zā kullu nafsin bimā kasabat lā ẓul'ma l-yawma inna l-laha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.(17)

Word by word

  1. ٱلْيَوْمَal-yawmaThis Day
  2. تُجْزَىٰtuj'zāwill be recompensed
  3. كُلُّkulluevery
  4. نَفْسٍۭnafsinsoul
  5. بِمَاbimāfor what
  6. كَسَبَتْ ۚkasabatit earned
  7. لَاlāNo
  8. ظُلْمَẓul'mainjustice
  9. ٱلْيَوْمَ ۚl-yawmatoday
  10. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  11. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  12. سَرِيعُsarīʿu(is) Swift
  13. ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in) Account

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