Quran Universe
5:119

قَالَ ٱللَّهُ هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ يَنفَعُ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ صِدۡقُهُمۡۚ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدٗاۖ رَّضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَرَضُواْ عَنۡهُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ

Qala Allahu hatha yawmu yanfaAAu alssadiqeena sidquhum lahum jannatun tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha abadan radiya Allahu AAanhum waradoo AAanhu thalika alfawzu alAAatheemu

Allah will say, "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness." For them are gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment.

Word by word
  1. قَالَWill say
  2. ٱللَّهُAllah
  3. هَٰذَاThis
  4. يَوۡمُDay
  5. يَنفَعُwill profit
  6. ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَthe truthful
  7. صِدۡقُهُمۡۚtheir truthfulness
  8. لَهُمۡFor them
  9. جَنَّـٰتٞ(are) Gardens
  10. تَجۡرِيflows
  11. مِنfrom
  12. تَحۡتِهَاunderneath it
  13. ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُthe rivers
  14. خَٰلِدِينَwill abide
  15. فِيهَآin it
  16. أَبَدٗاۖforever
  17. رَّضِيَis pleased
  18. ٱللَّهُAllah
  19. عَنۡهُمۡwith them
  20. وَرَضُواْand they are pleased
  21. عَنۡهُۚwith Him
  22. ذَٰلِكَThat
  23. ٱلۡفَوۡزُ(is) the success
  24. ٱلۡعَظِيمُ(the) great
Al-Ma'idah · 5:119Madinah

The Day when truthfulness finally pays.

Allah pleased with them, and they with Him

What the truthful receive
the truthfultrue to tawhid
receive
Gardens foreverrivers beneath
mutual pleasureAllah pleased, they pleased
What pays off
the clever anglewhat looked smart here
the truththe great success

After 'Isa's honest answers, Allah says: this is the Day the truthful benefit from their truthfulness. Ibn 'Abbas said: the Day when tawhid benefits those who believed in it. Their reward: Gardens forever, and Allah pleased with them and they with Him. Ibn Kathir calls it the success beyond which there is none greater.

Telling the truth about the dent in the rental car. Admitting to your manager you missed the deadline. Being honest with Allah in sujood about who you really are. In this world truth sometimes costs you. There is a Day when only truth pays.

Being completely honest often just loses me things.

Truthfulness may cost me here, but it is the only thing that pays on that Day.

Try this

Tell the full truth today in one situation where you would usually soften it.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Allah will say: "This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: Theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) – they shall abide therein forever. Allah is pleased with them and they with Him. That is the great success (119)To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, and He is able to do all things (120)

Only Truth will be of Benefit on the Day of Resurrection

Allah answers His servant and Messenger 'Isa, son of Maryam, after he disowns the disbelieving Christians who lied about Allah and His Messenger, and when 'Isa refers their end to the will of his Lord,

هَٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ الصَّادِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ

(This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth.)

Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn 'Abbas commented, "This is the Day when Tawhid will benefit those who believed in it."

لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا

(Theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) – they shall abide therein forever.) and they will never be removed from it,

رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ

(Allah is pleased with them and they with Him.)

وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ

(But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah.)[9:72] We will mention the Hadiths about this Ayah [9:72] later on. Allah's statement,

ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

(That is the great success.) means, this is the great success, other than which there is no greater success. Allah said in another Ayat,

لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ

(For the like of this let the workers work.)[37:61], and,

وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ

(And for this let (all) those strive who want to strive.)[83:26] Allah's statement,

لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

(To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, and He is able to do all things.) means, He created everything, owns everything, controls the affairs of everything and is able to do all things. Therefore, everything and everyone are in His domain and under His power and will. There is none like Him, nor is there rival, ancestor, son, or wife for Him, nor a lord or god besides Him. Ibn Wahb said that he heard Huyay bin 'Abdullah saying that Abu 'Abdur-Rahman Al-Habli said that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said, "The last revealed Surah was Surat Al-Ma'idah."