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سورة السَّجدَة

Surah Al-Sajdah 32:17

The Prostration · Verse 17 of 30

فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And no soul knows what (comforts) lie hidden for them (-the believers in the form) of a joy to the eyes as a reward for their righteous deeds.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden (in reserve) for them - as a reward for their (good) deeds.

Ahmed Ali

No soul knows what peace and joy lie hidden from them as reward for what they have done.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

No soul knows what joyous means of happiness are kept hidden (reserved) for them as a reward for what they have being doing.

Daryabadi

No soul knoweth that which is kept hidden for them of perfect comfort as a recompense for that which they have been working.

Faridul Haque

So no soul knows the comfort of the eyes that is kept hidden for them *; the reward of their deeds. ( * Paradise)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So no soul knows what refreshment of the eyes is hidden for them: a reward for what they did.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And no soul knows what joy of the eyes is kept hidden for them, as a reward for the good they used to do.

Muhammad Asad

And [as for all such believers,] no human being can imagine what blissful delights, as yet hidden, await them [in the life to come] as a reward for all that they did.

Muhammad Musin Khan

No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.

Muhammad Pickthall

No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a reward for what they used to do.

Muhammad Sarwar

No soul knows what delight awaits them as the reward for their deeds.

Muhammed ali Shakir

So no soul knows what is hidden for them of that which will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did.

Rashad Khalifa

You have no idea how much joy and happiness are waiting for you as a reward for your (righteous) works.

Shabbir Ahmed

And no human being can imagine what blissful delights are kept hidden for them as a reward for what they used to do.

Commentary 32:17 This verse clearly alludes to the unknowable quality of life in the Hereafter. Describing the form and nature of the blessing of Paradise, the Holy…

فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

32:17 This verse clearly alludes to the unknowable quality of life in the Hereafter. Describing the form and nature of the blessing of Paradise, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) is reported to have said, “Allâh says, I have prepared for my righteous servants what no eye has ever seen and no ear has ever heard and no heart of a human being has ever conceived” (Bukhârî 59:8).