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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ash-Shuraa 42:20

Word by word

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُۥ فِى حَرْثِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ ٱلدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ

Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest [i.e., reward]. And whoever desires the harvest [i.e., benefits] of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

من كان يريد بعمله ثواب الآخرة فأدى حقوق الله وأنفق في الدعوة إلى الدين، نزد له في عمله الحسن، فنضاعف له ثواب الحسنة إلى عشر أمثالها إلى ما شاء الله من الزيادة، ومن كان يريد بعمله الدنيا وحدها، نؤته منها ما قسمناه له، وليس له في الآخرة شيء من الثواب.

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