Surah Adh-Dhariyat — Verse 16

The Winnowing Winds · 51:16 · 16/60

ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

Akhitheena ma atahumrabbuhum innahum kanoo qabla thalika muhsineen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They will receive their Lord’s gifts because of the good they did before:

Marmaduke Pickthall

Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then, they lived a good life.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

receiving what their Lord will have given to them. Indeed, prior to this, they were good in their deeds.

Al-Hilali & Khan

Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinûn (good-doers. See V.2:112).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

joyously receiving what their Lord will have granted them. Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day):

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

enjoying all that their Sustainer will have granted them [because], verily, they were doers of good in the past: