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Surah Al-Dhâriyât 51:16

The Scatterers · Verse 16 of 60

آخِذِينَ مَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Receiving the gifts that their Lord will give them for they used to do excellent deeds before that.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

Receiving what is given them by their Lord. They were surely the virtuous before this.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Taking whatever their Lord grants them. For they were, before that, devoted to doing God’s commands, aware that God was seeing them.

Daryabadi

Taking that which their Lord will vouchsafe Unto hem. Verily they have been before that well-doers.

Faridul Haque

Accepting the rewards given by their Lord; they were indeed virtuous before this.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Taking that which their Lord gives them. Surely they were before that the doers of good.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Taking what their Lord will bestow upon them; for they used to do good before that;

Muhammad Asad

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

Muhammad Musin Khan

Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers - see V.2

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

receiving their reward from their Lord. They had been righteous people before the Day of Judgment.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.

Rashad Khalifa

They receive their Lord's rewards, for they used to be pious.

Shabbir Ahmed

Enjoying all that their Lord grants them, for, aforetime they used to benefit others.