Surah Nahl ayat 96 Tafsir Quran 16:96

﴿مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ﴾
[ النحل: 96]

16:96 Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.

That which is with you of the things of this world will come to an end will perish but that which is with God remains it is everlasting. And He shall surely pay read la-yajziyanna or la-najziyanna ‘We shall surely pay’ those who were patient in fulfilling their covenants their reward according to the best of what they used to do ‘the best’ here means ‘the good’.

What you people may have of advantages shall come to an end or cease to exist whereas what Allah has is eternal and everlasting, and We will richly reward those who possessed their souls in patience which was purposed to fulfill their obligation to Allah and satisfy their conscience and their hearts. Their reward shall be assessed at the gauge of the best of their deeds

If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation Allah says: وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ ( And had Allah willed, He would have made you ) meaning - O mankind, أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً ( (all ) one nation,) This is like the Ayah: وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا ( And had your Lord willed, all of those on earth would have believed together. ) 10:99, meaning, He could have created harmony among them, and there would not be any differences, conflicts or hatred between them. وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلاَ يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَلِذلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ ( And if your Lord had so willed, He would surely, have made mankind one Ummah nation or community, but they will not cease to disagree.
Except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His mercy, and for that did He create them. ) ( 11:118-119 ) Similarly, Allah says here: وَلـكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ( but He allows whom He wills to stray and He guides whom He wills.
) Then on the Day of Resurrection, He will ask them all about their deeds, and will reward or punish them even equal to a scalish thread in the long slit of a date stone or the size of a speck on the back of a date stone, or even a thin membrane of the date stone. The Prohibition on taking an Oath for Purposes of Treachery Then Allah warns His servant against taking oaths as means of deception, i.e., using them for treacherous purposes, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted.
This is an analogy describing one who was on the right path but then deviated and slipped from the path of guidance because of an unfulfilled oath that involved hindering people from the path of Allah.
This is because if a disbeliever were to find that after having agreed to a covenant, then the believer betrayed him, then the believer will have hindered him from entering Islam.
Thus Allah says: وَتَذُوقُواْ الْسُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ( and you taste the evil of having hindered from the path of Allah, and you will suffer a terrible punishment. ) Do not break Oaths for the sake of Worldly Gain Then Allah says: وَلاَ تَشْتَرُواْ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً ( And do not use an oath by Allah for the purchase of little value. ) meaning, do not neglect an oath sworn in the Name of Allah for the sake of this world and its attractions, for they are few, and even if the son of Adam were to gain this world and all that is in it, that which is with Allah is better for him, i.e., the reward of Allah is better for the one who puts his hope in Him, believes in Him, seeks Him and fulfills his oaths in the hope of that which Allah has promised.
This is why Allah says: إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَمَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ( if you only knew.
Whatever you have will be exhausted, ) meaning, it will come to an end and will vanish, because it is only there for a certain, limited time. وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ( and what is with Allah will remain. ) meaning, His reward for you in Paradise will remain, without interruption or end, because it is eternal and will never change nor disappear. وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( And to those who are patient, We will certainly grant them their rewards in proportion to the best of what they used to do.
) Here the Lord swears, with the Lam of affirmation, that He will reward the patient for the best of their deeds, i.e., He will forgive them for their bad deeds.

(16:96) Whatever is with you is transitory and whatever is with Allah is ever-lasting. And We will reward those, who practise fortitude *98 according to their best deeds.

Whatever you have will end, but what meaning

*98) Those who practise fortitude are the people who will always stand Finn in the struggle between right and truth on one side and greed and lust on the other.
They bear every loss for the sake of righteousness and spurn away every gain that they might obtain by adopting unlawful means.
They patiently wait for the rewards of their good deeds in the Hereafter.

 

If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one Nation Allah says: وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ ( And had Allah willed, He would have made you ) meaning - O mankind, أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً ( (all ) one nation,) This is like the Ayah: وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا ( And had your Lord willed, all of those on earth would have believed together. ) 10:99, meaning, He could have created harmony among them, and there would not be any differences, conflicts or hatred between them. وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلاَ يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَلِذلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ ( And if your Lord had so willed, He would surely, have made mankind one Ummah nation or community, but they will not cease to disagree.
Except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His mercy, and for that did He create them. ) ( 11:118-119 ) Similarly, Allah says here: وَلـكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ( but He allows whom He wills to stray and He guides whom He wills.
) Then on the Day of Resurrection, He will ask them all about their deeds, and will reward or punish them even equal to a scalish thread in the long slit of a date stone or the size of a speck on the back of a date stone, or even a thin membrane of the date stone. The Prohibition on taking an Oath for Purposes of Treachery Then Allah warns His servant against taking oaths as means of deception, i.e., using them for treacherous purposes, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted.
This is an analogy describing one who was on the right path but then deviated and slipped from the path of guidance because of an unfulfilled oath that involved hindering people from the path of Allah.
This is because if a disbeliever were to find that after having agreed to a covenant, then the believer betrayed him, then the believer will have hindered him from entering Islam.
Thus Allah says: وَتَذُوقُواْ الْسُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ( and you taste the evil of having hindered from the path of Allah, and you will suffer a terrible punishment. ) Do not break Oaths for the sake of Worldly Gain Then Allah says: وَلاَ تَشْتَرُواْ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً ( And do not use an oath by Allah for the purchase of little value. ) meaning, do not neglect an oath sworn in the Name of Allah for the sake of this world and its attractions, for they are few, and even if the son of Adam were to gain this world and all that is in it, that which is with Allah is better for him, i.e., the reward of Allah is better for the one who puts his hope in Him, believes in Him, seeks Him and fulfills his oaths in the hope of that which Allah has promised.
This is why Allah says: إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَمَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ( if you only knew.
Whatever you have will be exhausted, ) meaning, it will come to an end and will vanish, because it is only there for a certain, limited time. وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ( and what is with Allah will remain. ) meaning, His reward for you in Paradise will remain, without interruption or end, because it is eternal and will never change nor disappear. وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ( And to those who are patient, We will certainly grant them their rewards in proportion to the best of what they used to do.
) Here the Lord swears, with the Lam of affirmation, that He will reward the patient for the best of their deeds, i.e., He will forgive them for their bad deeds.

( That which ye have ) of wealth ( is wasted away, and that which Allah hath ) of reward ( remaineth. And verily We shall pay those who are steadfast ) in refraining from making a false pledge and acknowledge the Truth ( a recompense ) their reward in the Hereafter ( in proportion to the best of what they used to do ) because of their beneficence in this worldly life.

Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever with Allah (of good deeds) will remain. And those who are patient, We will certainly pay them a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do.

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