But they who believe and do righteous deeds - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.
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Grammar, phrase by phrase
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
(But they who believe and do righteous deeds -)
Root امن — to believe, faith, security, trust · 879 times in the Quran
Root عمل — to work, do, perform, act, construct · 360 times in the Quran
Root صلح — to be good, right, sound; to act rightly; to amend, reform; to reconcile · 180 times in the Quran
وَٱلَّذِينَword 1
Resumptive Particle · حرف استئنافA resumptive particle is a وَ or فَ that begins a fresh statement after a pause or a shift of topic — it starts the speech anew rather than adding one more item to a list. The prefix وَ · 'and' at the front of وَٱلَّذِينَ opens such a fresh start. L14 · R1
Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word like 'who' or 'which' that hooks a whole describing sentence onto whoever or whatever it points to. ٱلَّذِينَ · 'And those who' is the masculine plural form — 'those who' — used when it points to a group of people. Its shape is fixed: this word never changes its ending to show its job in the sentence. L5 · R13
ءَامَنُوا۟word 2
Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. ءَامَنُ speaks of an action already carried out: 'believed', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L1 · R7
Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On ءَامَنُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, telling exactly who is meant: 'believed', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L8 · R2
Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has a hamza (ء) among its root letters, and the hamza's written seat changes with the surrounding vowels. The root امن opens with that hamza, and ءَامَنُوا۟ shows it at the very front — the ء carrying the long ā that follows it. L24 · R11
Form IV Verb · أَفْعَلَA Form IV verb is a verb stamped into the pattern that adds a hamza to the front of its three root letters — the way سَلِمَ 'was safe' becomes أَسْلَمَ 'submitted' — often giving the sense of making or causing the action. ءَامَنُ carries that added hamza at its front: 'believed', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L12 · R5
Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. وا۟ · 'them/their' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — ءَامَنُوا۟ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6
Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ is that doer, 'they', the believers; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4
وَعَمِلُوا۟word 3
Conjunction · حرف عطفThe prefix وَ at the front of وَعَمِلُوا۟ is a conjunction — a small joining word meaning 'and' — linking what follows to what came before; the word it joins in must stand in the same grammatical case as its partner before the joint — the same role in the sentence, even when the two words write that case with different endings. L4 · R4
Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. عَمِلُ speaks of an action already carried out: 'and did', from the root عمل: to work, do, perform, act, construct. L1 · R7
Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On وَعَمِلُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, telling exactly who is meant: 'and did', from the root عمل: to work, do, perform, act, construct. L8 · R2
Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. وا۟ · 'them/their' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — وَعَمِلُوا۟ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6
Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ is that doer, 'they', the workers of good; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِword 4
Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ٱل at the front of a noun (a naming word); it means 'the' — one specific, known one. Because the next letter, ص, is one of the fourteen 'sun-letters' — letters made in the same part of the mouth as ل itself, which swallow the ل of ٱل so it is written but not heard — the ل of the prefix melts into it and doubles it, shown by the shaddah ـّ — a small w-shaped doubling mark written above the letter: ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ. L2 · R9
Noun · اسمA word that accepts ال — the prefix meaning 'the' — is a noun, a naming word. صَّٰلِحَٰتِ names righteous deeds, from the root صلح: to be good, right, sound; to act rightly. L1 · R1
Feminine Noun · اسم مؤنثA feminine noun is a naming word Arabic treats as grammatically 'she'. صَّٰلِحَٰتِ closes with the sound feminine plural ending ـَات — the ending Arabic adds to name three or more of something feminine — and that plural ending marks the word as feminine: 'righteous deeds'. L2 · R6
Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more. The sound feminine plural is made by adding the ending ـَات to a feminine naming word, and صَّٰلِحَٰتِ carries exactly that ending: many righteous deeds. L2 · R6
Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending a naming word takes when the action lands on it, usually a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the last letter. But the sound feminine plural uses the kasrah shape ـِ — a small stroke BELOW — for both the accusative and the genitive, so صَّٰلِحَٰتِ wears the kasrah ـِ under its ت while filling the accusative role. L2 · R7
Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the thing the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter; this plural type shows it instead with the kasrah ـِ, the small stroke below its ت. 'The righteous deeds' are what their doing lands on. L9 · R3
Active Participle · اسم فاعلAn active participle is a naming word built from a verb's root, on the pattern فَاعِل, to name the doer or holder of the action. صَّٰلِحَٰتِ is built on exactly that pattern — the long ā after its ص, written as the small raised stroke ٰ, and the kasrah ـِ, the small stroke below the ل — 'ones that are right', here in the feminine plural: righteous deeds. L11 · R1
"Those who believe and do righteous good deeds" — they believe in Allah and His Messenger and perform the good deeds that conform with the Islamic Law; they shall be among the people of Paradise.
Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:81–82
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ
(…those are the companions of Paradise;)
Root صحب — to accompany; companion, associate, dweller · 97 times in the Quran
Root جنن — to cover, conceal; garden, paradise; jinn (hidden beings) · 201 times in the Quran
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَword 5
Demonstrative Pronoun · اسم إشارةA demonstrative pronoun is a pointing word that singles out specific ones, near or far, and أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ is the far pointing word for a group: 'those'. L3 · R8
Subject (Mubtada') · مبتدأThe subject is the word a sentence opens by talking about — its topic — standing in the nominative, the topic's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ 'those' is that topic; a pointing word keeps one fixed written shape, so the nominative is the role it fills. L6 · R2
أَصْحَـٰبُword 6
Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. أَصْحَٰبُ names such a thing: '(are the) companions', from the root صحب: to accompany; companion, associate, dweller. L1 · R6
Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. أَصْحَـٰبُ carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3
Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more, made either by adding an ending or by reshaping the word from the inside — a 'broken' plural. أَصْحَٰبُ is such a reshaped plural: 'companions'. L2 · R6
Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the ending a naming word takes as the subject or predicate of a sentence, shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter. أَصْحَٰبُ ends in exactly that ḍammah ـُ. L2 · R10
Predicate (Khabar) · خبرThe predicate is the part that completes the meaning about the topic — Arabic implies the 'are' without writing it — and it can be a whole 'of' phrase. أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ 'companions of Paradise' is exactly that, completing 'those': those ARE the companions of Paradise; أَصْحَٰبُ keeps its own nominative ḍammah ـُ. L6 · R4
ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖword 7
Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ٱلْ at the front of a noun (a naming word); it means 'the' — one specific, known one. The letter after it is a 'moon' letter — a letter not made in the same part of the mouth as ل — so the ل of the prefix keeps its own sound, both written and heard, resting with the sukūn ـْ (a small circle written above the letter): ٱلْجَنَّةِ. L2 · R9
Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea — and in Arabic this includes proper names. جَنَّةِ is a proper name: '(of) Paradise'. L1 · R6
Genitive · مجرورThe genitive is the ending a naming word takes as the owner in an 'of' phrase, shown by a kasrah ـِ — a small stroke below the last letter. جَنَّةِ ends in exactly that kasrah ـِ as the second word of 'companions OF Paradise'. L2 · R12
Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهA possessive (iḍāfah) chains two naming words into an 'of' phrase, and the owner comes second, taking the genitive — the owner's ending, the kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. ٱلْجَنَّةِ fills that owner slot after أَصْحَٰبُ, wearing that very kasrah: 'the companions OF Paradise'. L5 · R5
Ibn 'Abbas said: whoever believes in what you did not believe in, and implements what you refrained from implementing of Muhammad's religion, shall acquire Paradise for eternity.
Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:81–82
هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
(…they will abide therein eternally.)
Root خلد — to abide eternally, to remain forever, eternity · 87 times in the Quran
هُمْword 8
Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA detached pronoun is a standalone word for 'I/you/he/she/they'. هُمْ is the 'they' of that set — the companions of Paradise. L3 · R2
Subject (Mubtada') · مبتدأThe subject is the word a sentence opens by talking about — its topic — standing in the nominative, the topic's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. هُمْ 'they' is that topic; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so the nominative is the role it fills. L6 · R2
فِيهَاword 9
Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. فِي · 'in' is such a helper. L1 · R9
Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. فِي · 'in' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2
Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'me / us / them' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. هَا · 'her/her' hangs on the little relation-word in فِيهَا, governed by the word it is fastened to. L3 · R6
خَـٰلِدُونَword 10
Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. خَٰلِدُونَ is such a naming word: '(will) abide forever', from the root خلد: to abide eternally, to remain forever, eternity. L1 · R6
Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. Even as a plural, خَـٰلِدُونَ carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is a masculine noun; its ending is the 'sound' plural ending Arabic reserves for masculine nouns. L2 · R3
Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more of something. The sound masculine plural carries its role in its ending — ـُونَ for the nominative (the 'subject form', with the ḍammah ـُ sound), ـِينَ for the accusative and genitive (the 'object' and 'of' forms); خَـٰلِدُونَ closes with exactly such an ending: not one, but a whole group. L2 · R6
Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the form a naming word takes as the subject or predicate of its sentence, usually a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter. This plural shows it instead by its ending ـُونَ, the subject form carrying the ḍammah ـُ sound — the form a completing word keeps. L2 · R6
Predicate (Khabar) · خبرThe predicate is the part that completes the meaning about the topic — Arabic implies the 'are' without writing it — and it stands in the nominative, shown here by the plural's subject-form ending ـُونَ. It completes هُمْ: they ARE abiding ones in it, forever. L6 · R3
Active Participle · اسم فاعلAn active participle is a naming word built from a verb's root, on the pattern فَاعِل, to name the doer of the action. خَٰلِدُونَ is on exactly that pattern — the long ā after its خ, written as the small raised stroke ٰ, and the kasrah ـِ, the small stroke below the ل — naming 'ones who abide'. L11 · R1
Allah stated that the recompense for good or evil works shall remain with its people for eternity.
Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:81–82
So far: “But they who believe and do righteous deeds - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.”