Quran Verses about The reward of good deeds

41 ayahs · from 26 surahs

The Quran promises a reward with Allah for those who believe and do righteous deeds, men and women alike, and affirms that Allah never lets any deed, however small, go to waste. Its verses say good deeds are multiplied tenfold and many times more, repaid with something better, rewarded in this world and the next, and that the patient receive their reward without measure.

The promised reward for those who believe and do good

  1. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ وَٱلصَّٰبِـِٔينَ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٦٢

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wal-ladhīna hādū wan-naṣārā waṣ-ṣābiʾīna man āmana billāhi wal-yawmil-ākhiri wa ʿamila ṣāliḥan falahum ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim wa lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] - those [among them] who believed in Allāh and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve1.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. After the coming of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) no religion other than Islām is acceptable to Allāh, as stated in 3:85.
  1. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُاْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٢٧٧

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātawuz-zakāta lahum ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim wa lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakāh will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

  1. وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ مِن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَدۡخُلُونَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظۡلَمُونَ نَقِيرٗا ١٢٤

    Wa may yaʿmal minaṣ-ṣāliḥāti min dhakarin aw unthā wa huwa muʾminun fa ulāʾika yadkhulūnal-jannata wa lā yuẓlamūna naqīrā.

    And whoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female, while being a believer - those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged, [even as much as] the speck on a date seed.

  1. وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٌ عَظِيمٞ ٩

    Waʿadallāhul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum maghfiratuw wa ajrun ʿaẓīm.

    Allāh has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds [that] for them there is forgiveness and great reward.

  1. مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَنُحۡيِيَنَّهُۥ حَيَوٰةٗ طَيِّبَةٗۖ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٧

    Man ʿamila ṣāliḥam min dhakarin aw unthā wa huwa muʾminun falanuḥyiyannahū ḥayātan ṭayyibah, wa lanajziyannahum ajrahum biʾaḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.

  1. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ مَنۡ أَحۡسَنَ عَمَلًا ٣٠

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti innā lā nuḍīʿu ajra man aḥsana ʿamalā.

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.

  1. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ وَٱلۡمُسۡلِمَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ وَٱلۡقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلۡقَٰنِتَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰبِرَٰتِ وَٱلۡخَٰشِعِينَ وَٱلۡخَٰشِعَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمِينَ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمَٰتِ وَٱلۡحَٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمۡ وَٱلۡحَٰفِظَٰتِ وَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٗ وَأَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ٣٥

    Innal-muslimīna wal-muslimāti wal-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti wal-qānitīna wal-qānitāti waṣ-ṣādiqīna waṣ-ṣādiqāti waṣ-ṣābirīna waṣ-ṣābirāti wal-khāshiʿīna wal-khāshiʿāti wal-mutaṣaddiqīna wal-mutaṣaddiqāti waṣ-ṣāʾimīna waṣ-ṣāʾimāti wal-ḥāfiẓīna furūjahum wal-ḥāfiẓāti wadh-dhākirīnallāha kathīraw wadh-dhākirāti aʿaddallāhu lahum maghfirataw wa ajran ʿaẓīmā.

    Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allāh often and the women who do so - for them Allāh has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.

  1. لِّيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَرِزۡقٞ كَرِيمٞ ٤

    Liyajziyal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāt, ulāʾika lahum maghfiratuw wa rizqun karīm.

    That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision.

  1. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٨

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn.

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them is a reward uninterrupted.

  1. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥

    Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn.

    Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

  1. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٦

    Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti falahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn.

    Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

Good deeds are multiplied

  1. مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يُقۡرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ أَضۡعَافٗا كَثِيرَةٗۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَقۡبِضُ وَيَبۡصُۜطُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٢٤٥

    Man dhal-ladhī yuqriḍullāha qarḍan ḥasanan fayuḍāʿifahū lahū aḍʿāfan kathīrah, wallāhu yaqbiḍu wa yabṣuṭu wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allāh who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.

  1. مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتۡ سَبۡعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٖ مِّاْئَةُ حَبَّةٖۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٦١

    Mathalul-ladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum fī sabīlillāhi kamathali ḥabbatin anbatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sunbulatim miʾatu ḥabbah, wallāhu yuḍāʿifu limay yashāʾ, wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm.

    The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allāh multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

  1. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظۡلِمُ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖۖ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةٗ يُضَٰعِفۡهَا وَيُؤۡتِ مِن لَّدُنۡهُ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ٤٠

    Innallāha lā yaẓlimu mithqāla dharrah, wa in taku ḥasanatay yuḍāʿifhā wa yuʾti mil ladunhu ajran ʿaẓīmā.

    Indeed, Allāh does not do injustice, [even] as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.

  1. مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ عَشۡرُ أَمۡثَالِهَاۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجۡزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثۡلَهَا وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ١٦٠

    Man jāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahū ʿashru amthālihā, wa man jāʾa bis-sayyiʾati falā yujzā illā mithlahā wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., treated unjustly.
  1. مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٖ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ ٨٩

    Man jāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahū khayrum minhā wa hum min fazaʿiy yawmaʾidhin āminūn.

    Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.

  1. مَن جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهَاۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجۡزَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ إِلَّا مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٨٤

    Man jāʾa bil-ḥasanati falahū khayrum minhā, wa man jāʾa bis-sayyiʾati falā yujzal-ladhīna ʿamilus-sayyiʾāti illā mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it; and whoever comes with an evil deed - then those who did evil deeds will not be recompensed except [as much as] what they used to do.

  1. وَمَآ أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمۡ عِندَنَا زُلۡفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنۡ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعۡفِ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡغُرُفَٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ ٣٧

    Wa mā amwālukum wa lā awlādukum bil-latī tuqarribukum ʿindanā zulfā illā man āmana wa ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa ulāʾika lahum jazāʾuḍ-ḍiʿfi bimā ʿamilū wa hum fil-ghurufāti āminūn.

    And it is not your wealth or your children that bring you nearer to Us in position, but it is [by being] one who has believed and done righteousness. For them there will be the double reward for what they did, and they will be in the upper chambers [of Paradise], safe [and secure].

  1. مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يُقۡرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥ وَلَهُۥٓ أَجۡرٞ كَرِيمٞ ١١

    Man dhal-ladhī yuqriḍullāha qarḍan ḥasanan fayuḍāʿifahū lahū wa lahū ajrun karīm.

    Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will have a noble reward?

  1. إِن تُقۡرِضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗا يُضَٰعِفۡهُ لَكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ١٧

    In tuqriḍullāha qarḍan ḥasanay yuḍāʿifhu lakum wa yaghfir lakum, wallāhu shakūrun ḥalīm.

    If you loan Allāh a goodly loan, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. And Allāh is [most] Appreciative1 and Forbearing,2

    Footnotes (2)
    1. Who gives much in return for little.
    2. Refer to footnote in 2:225.

No good deed is wasted

  1. وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُواْ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنۡ خَيۡرٖ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ١١٠

    Wa aqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātuz-zakāh, wa mā tuqaddimū liʾanfusikum min khayrin tajidūhu ʿindallāh, innallāha bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr.

    And establish prayer and give zakāh, and whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allāh. Indeed Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

  1. وَمَا يَفۡعَلُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَلَن يُكۡفَرُوهُۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ١١٥

    Wa mā yafʿalū min khayrin falay yukfarūh, wallāhu ʿalīmum bil-muttaqīn.

    And whatever good they do - never will it be denied them. And Allāh is Knowing of the righteous.

  1. ۞ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ بِنِعۡمَةٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضۡلٖ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٧١

    Yastabshirūna biniʿmatim minallāhi wa faḍliw wa annallāha lā yuḍīʿu ajral-muʾminīn.

    They receive good tidings of favor from Allāh and bounty and [of the fact] that Allāh does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -

  1. فَٱسۡتَجَابَ لَهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ أَنِّي لَآ أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَٰمِلٖ مِّنكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰۖ بَعۡضُكُم مِّنۢ بَعۡضٖۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ وَأُخۡرِجُواْ مِن دِيَٰرِهِمۡ وَأُوذُواْ فِي سَبِيلِي وَقَٰتَلُواْ وَقُتِلُواْ لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَلَأُدۡخِلَنَّهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ ثَوَابٗا مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسۡنُ ٱلثَّوَابِ ١٩٥

    Fastajāba lahum rabbuhum annī lā uḍīʿu ʿamala ʿāmilim minkum min dhakarin aw unthā, baʿḍukum mim baʿḍ, fal-ladhīna hājarū wa ukhrijū min diyārihim wa ūdhū fī sabīlī wa qātalū wa qutilū laʾukaffiranna ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa laʾudkhilannahum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru thawābam min ʿindillāh, wallāhu ʿindahū ḥusnuth-thawāb.

    And their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allāh, and Allāh has with Him the best reward."

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُصۡلِحِينَ ١٧٠

    Wal-ladhīna yumassikūna bil-kitābi wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta innā lā nuḍīʿu ajral-muṣliḥīn.

    But those who hold fast to the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and establish prayer - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of the reformers.

  1. مَا كَانَ لِأَهۡلِ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ وَمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُواْ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرۡغَبُواْ بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ لَا يُصِيبُهُمۡ ظَمَأٞ وَلَا نَصَبٞ وَلَا مَخۡمَصَةٞ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوۡطِئٗا يَغِيظُ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنۡ عَدُوّٖ نَّيۡلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٞ صَٰلِحٌۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٢٠

    Mā kāna liʾahlil-madīnati wa man ḥawlahum minal-aʿrābi ay yatakhallafū ʿar rasūlillāhi wa lā yarghabū biʾanfusihim ʿan nafsih, dhālika biʾannahum lā yuṣībuhum ẓamaʾuw wa lā naṣabuw wa lā makhmaṣatun fī sabīlillāhi wa lā yaṭaʾūna mawṭiʾay yaghīẓul-kuffāra wa lā yanālūna min ʿaduwwin naylan illā kutiba lahum bihī ʿamalun ṣāliḥ, innallāha lā yuḍīʿu ajral-muḥsinīn.

    It was not [proper] for the people of Madīnah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh or that they prefer themselves over his self.1 That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allāh, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. In times of hardship. Rather, they should have been willing to endure with the Prophet (ﷺ) whatever was necessary for Islām.
  2. وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ نَفَقَةٗ صَغِيرَةٗ وَلَا كَبِيرَةٗ وَلَا يَقۡطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمۡ لِيَجۡزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٢١

    Wa lā yunfiqūna nafaqatan ṣaghīrataw wa lā kabīrataw wa lā yaqṭaʿūna wādiyan illā kutiba lahum liyajziyahumullāhu aḥsana mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allāh may reward them for the best of what they were doing.

  1. وَٱصۡبِرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١١٥

    Waṣbir fa innallāha lā yuḍīʿu ajral-muḥsinīn.

    And be patient, for indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.

  1. قَالُوٓاْ أَءِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ يُوسُفُ وَهَٰذَآ أَخِيۖ قَدۡ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَآۖ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَتَّقِ وَيَصۡبِرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٩٠

    Qālū aʾinnaka laʾanta yūsuf, qāla ana yūsufu wa hādhā akhī, qad mannallāhu ʿalaynā, innahū may yattaqi wa yaṣbir fa innallāha lā yuḍīʿu ajral-muḥsinīn.

    They said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allāh has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allāh and is patient, then indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."

  1. فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَا كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَٰتِبُونَ ٩٤

    Famay yaʿmal minaṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa huwa muʾminun falā kufrāna lisaʿyihī wa innā lahū kātibūn.

    So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,1 and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Such a person will not be deprived of his due reward.
  1. فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ ٧

    Famay yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin khayray yarah.

    So whoever does an atom's weight1 of good will see it,

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Or "the weight of a small ant."
  2. وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ ٨

    Wa may yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin sharray yarah.

    And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

Repaid with something better

  1. ۞ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٞۖ وَلَا يَرۡهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمۡ قَتَرٞ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٢٦

    Lil-ladhīna aḥsanul-ḥusnā wa ziyādah, wa lā yarhaqu wujūhahum qataruw wa lā dhillah, ulāʾika aṣḥābul-jannah, hum fīhā khālidūn.

    For them who have done good is the best [reward] - and extra.1 No darkness will cover their faces, nor humiliation. Those are companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. In addition to the pleasures of Paradise, they will be able to see Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), as reported in an authentic ḥadīth narrated by Muslim.
  1. لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٣٤

    Lahum mā yashāʾūna ʿinda rabbihim, dhālika jazāʾul-muḥsinīn.

    They will have whatever they desire with their Lord. That is the reward of the doers of good -

  2. لِيُكَفِّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ أَسۡوَأَ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٥

    Liyukaffirallāhu ʿanhum aswaʾal-ladhī ʿamilū wa yajziyahum ajrahum biʾaḥsanil-ladhī kānū yaʿmalūn.

    That Allāh may remove from them the worst of what they did and reward them their due for the best of what they used to do.

  1. وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى ٣١

    Walillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi liyajziyal-ladhīna asāʾū bimā ʿamilū wa yajziyal-ladhīna aḥsanū bil-ḥusnā.

    And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

  1. هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ٦٠

    Hal jazāʾul-iḥsāni illal-iḥsān.

    Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

Reward in this world and the next

  1. وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفۡسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّؤَجَّلٗاۗ وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَاۚ وَسَنَجۡزِي ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ١٤٥

    Wa mā kāna linafsin an tamūta illā biʾidhnillāhi kitābam muʾajjalā, wa may yurid thawābad-dunyā nuʾtihī minhā wa may yurid thawābal-ākhirati nuʾtihī minhā, wa sanajzish-shākirīn.

    And it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allāh at a decree determined. And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And We will reward the grateful.

  1. فَـَٔاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَحُسۡنَ ثَوَابِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٤٨

    Fa ātāhumullāhu thawābad-dunyā wa ḥusna thawābil-ākhirah, wallāhu yuḥibbul-muḥsinīn.

    So Allāh gave them the reward of this world and the good reward of the Hereafter. And Allāh loves the doers of good.

  1. ۞ وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ مَاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمۡۚ قَالُواْ خَيۡرٗاۗ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٞۚ وَلَدَارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ خَيۡرٞۚ وَلَنِعۡمَ دَارُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣٠

    Wa qīla lil-ladhīnattaqaw mādhā anzala rabbukum, qālū khayrā, lil-ladhīna aḥsanū fī hādhihid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa ladārul-ākhirati khayr, wa laniʿma dārul-muttaqīn.

    And it will be said to those who feared Allāh, "What did your Lord send down?" They will say, "[That which is] good." For those who do good in this world is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the righteous -

A manifold reward for the patient

  1. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُؤۡتَوۡنَ أَجۡرَهُم مَّرَّتَيۡنِ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ وَيَدۡرَءُونَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ ٥٤

    Ulāʾika yuʾtawna ajrahum marratayni bimā ṣabarū wa yadraʾūna bil-ḥasanatis-sayyiʾata wa mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn.

    Those will be given their reward twice for what they patiently endured and [because] they avert evil through good, and from what We have provided them they spend.

  1. قُلۡ يَٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٞۗ وَأَرۡضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌۗ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ أَجۡرَهُم بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ١٠

    Qul yāʿibādil-ladhīna āmanuttaqū rabbakum, lil-ladhīna aḥsanū fī hādhihid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa arḍullāhi wāsiʿah, innamā yuwaffaṣ-ṣābirūna ajrahum bighayri ḥisāb.

    Say,1 "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allāh is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account [i.e., limit]."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The Prophet (ﷺ) is instructed to say on behalf of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) to His believing servants.