Surah Al-Waqi'ah 56:24
سُورَةُ الوَاقِعَةِ · Meccan · Verse 24 of 96
جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Translation
a reward for what they used to do.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'As a reward for what they used to do.' al-Saadi and Ibn Ashur note the anchor dropped amid all the delight: 'jaza'an bima kanu ya'malun', all of it is recompense, earned by a life of deeds, tied directly back to how they lived. Ask yourself: after verse upon verse of dazzling reward, this line quietly reconnects it all to action, none of it is arbitrary; every pleasure traces to a deed done back in the world. It refuses to let me daydream about the reward while ignoring the road to it. The Gardens are not a lottery; they are a harvest. If today is one of the days whose deeds are being planted for that harvest, what exactly am I sowing right now that I would want returned to me there?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i.
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