Adh-Dhariyat Verse 16

˹joyfully˺ receiving what their Lord will grant them. Before this ˹reward˺ they were truly good-doers ˹in the world˺:

receiving what their Lord will give them, for they were indeed doers of good beforehand.

taking whatsoever their Lord has given them; they were good-doers before that.

They will receive their Lord’s gifts because of the good they did before:

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

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

joyously receiving what their Lord will have granted them. Verily they did good works before (the coming of this Day):

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

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

receiving what their Lord has given them, for they had been virtuous aforetime.

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

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

Taking what their Lord gave them, that they were before that good doers.

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

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

Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this Muhsinun (good-doers - see V. 2:112).

Surely the dutiful are amidst Gardens and fountains,

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

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

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

receiving what their Lord will give them because before this they were gooddoers.

Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them. Verily, they were before this doers of good.

They shall receive what their Lord will bestow on them. They have done good works in the past,

Receiving what their Lord has given them. They were virtuous before that.

receiving (khidhna is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the person of the predicate of inna, `truly') what their Lord has given them, of reward, for indeed formerly, [before] their entering Paradise, they had been virtuous, in the world.

اخِذِينَ مَا اتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ

Taking joy in the things which their Lord has given them.

His statement;
اخِذِينَ
(Taking) describes the state of the people of Taqwa in the midst of gardens and springs. They will receive what their Lord gives them, meaning, delight, happiness and favors.

Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said,

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ

Verily, they were before that, (in the life of the world),

مُحْسِنِينَ



good doers,

As He said;

كُلُواْ وَاشْرَبُواْ هَنِييَاً بِمَأ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى الاٌّيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ

Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past! (69;24)

Allah the Exalted described the good acts that they performed,

كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ