Quran Universe
3:195

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 جَنَّـٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ ثَوَابٗا مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسۡنُ ٱلثَّوَابِ

Faistajaba lahum rabbuhum annee la odeeAAu AAamala AAamilin minkum min thakarin aw ontha baAAdukum min baAAdin faallatheena hajaroo waokhrijoo min diyarihim waoothoo fee sabeelee waqataloo waqutiloo laokaffiranna AAanhum sayyiatihim walaodkhilannahum jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu thawaban min AAindi Allahi waAllahu AAindahu husnu alththawabi

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 Allah, and Allah has with Him the best reward."

Word by word
  1. فَٱسۡتَجَابَThen responded
  2. لَهُمۡto them
  3. رَبُّهُمۡtheir Lord
  4. أَنِّيIndeed,I
  5. لَآ(will) not
  6. أُضِيعُ(let go) waste
  7. عَمَلَdeeds
  8. عَٰمِلٖ(of the) doer
  9. مِّنكُمamong you
  10. مِّن[from]
  11. ذَكَرٍ(whether) male
  12. أَوۡor
  13. أُنثَىٰۖfemale
  14. بَعۡضُكُمeach of you
  15. مِّنۢfrom
  16. بَعۡضٖۖ(the) other
  17. فَٱلَّذِينَSo those who
  18. هَاجَرُواْemigrated
  19. وَأُخۡرِجُواْand were driven out
  20. مِنfrom
  21. دِيَٰرِهِمۡtheir homes
  22. وَأُوذُواْand were harmed
  23. فِيin
  24. سَبِيلِيMy way
  25. وَقَٰتَلُواْand fought
  26. وَقُتِلُواْand were killed
  27. لَأُكَفِّرَنَّsurely I (will) remove
  28. عَنۡهُمۡfrom them
  29. سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡtheir evil deeds
  30. وَلَأُدۡخِلَنَّهُمۡand surely I will admit them
  31. جَنَّـٰتٖ(to) Gardens
  32. تَجۡرِيflowing
  33. مِنfrom
  34. تَحۡتِهَاunderneath them
  35. ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُthe rivers
  36. ثَوَابٗاa reward
  37. مِّنۡfrom
  38. عِندِ[near]
  39. ٱللَّهِۚAllah
  40. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
  41. عِندَهُۥwith Him
  42. حُسۡنُ(is the) best
  43. ٱلثَّوَابِreward
Ali 'Imran · 3:195Madinah

Their Lord answered: no one's work is lost, man or woman.

Revealed after Umm Salamah asked a question

The answer
Umm Salamahwomen are not mentioned
answered
male or femaleno work is lost
one of anotherequal in reward
gardensfor those harmed in My way
Whose effort counts
only somethe visible, the men
every workereach fully rewarded

Umm Salamah said: O Messenger of Allah, Allah does not mention women in connection with the Hijrah. Allah sent this down. I will not let the work of any of you be lost, male or female; you are of one another. The Ansar said she was the first woman to migrate to them.

The mother up at night with the baby. The daughter who left her city to care for her father. The woman whose sacrifice never gets a speech at the wedding. Allah named it in His Book: not one deed lost.

My quiet efforts at home do not count like other people's.

Allah does not lose the work of any worker, man or woman.

Try this

Thank one woman in your life today for a sacrifice she has made.

Related60:185:8
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

So their Lord accepted of them (their supplication and answered them), "Never will I allow to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female. You are (members) one of another, so those who emigrated and were driven out from their homes, and suffered harm in My cause, and who fought and were killed (in My cause), verily, I will expiate from them their evil deeds and admit them into Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise); a reward from Allah, and with Allah is the best of rewards. (195)

Allah Accepts the Supplication of Men of Understanding

Allah said,

فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ

(So their Lord accepted of them), answered their invocation. Sa'id bin Mansur recorded that Salamah, a man from the family of Umm Salamah said, "Umm Salamah said, 'O Messenger of Allah! Allah does not mention women in CONNECTION with Hijrah (Migration).'Allah sent down the Ayah,

فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّي لَا أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِّنكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ

(So their Lord accepted of them (their supplication and answered them), "Never will I allow to be lost the WORK of any of you,be he male or female.)

The Ansar say that Umm Salamah was the first woman to migrate to them." Al-Hakim collected this Hadith in his Mustadrak, and said, "It is Sahih according to the criteria of Al-Bukhari but they [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] did not collect it".

Allah's statement,

أَنِّى لاَ أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ مِّنْكُمْ مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَى

("Never will I allow to be lost the WORK of any of you,be he male or female,) explains the type of answer Allah gave them, starting that no deed of any person s ever lost with Him.Rather,He will completely reward each person for his or her good deeds. Allah's statement,

بَعْضُكُم مِّن بَعْضٍ

(You are (members) one of another) means, you are all equal in relation to gaining My reward. Therefore,

فَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا 

(those who emigrated), by leaving the land of Shirk and migrating to the land of faith, leaving behind their loved ones, brethren, friends and neighbors,

وَأُخْرِجُوا مِن دِيَارِهِمْ

(and were driven out from their homes), when the Mushriks tormented them and forced them to migrate,

وَأُوذُوا فِي سَبِيلِي

(and suffered harm in My cause), for their only wrong, to the people, was that they believed in Allah Alone. In similar Ayat, Allah said,

يُخْرِجُونَ الرَّسُولَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَن تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ

(and have driven out the Messenger and yourselves because you believe in Allah your Lord!)[60:1], and,

وَمَا نَقَمُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا أَن يُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَمِيدِ

(And they had no fault except that they believed in Allah, the Almighty, Worthy of all praise!)[85:8]. Allah's statement,

وَقَاتَلُوا وَقُتِلُوا 

(and who fought and were killed (in My cause),)[3:195] refers to the highest rank there is, that one fights in the cause of Allah and dies in the process, with his face covered in dust and blood. It is recorded in the Sahih that a man said,

يا رسول الله، أرأيت إن قتلت في سبيل الله صابرًا محتسبًا مقبلًا غير مدبر، أيكفر الله عني خطاياي؟ قال:

نَعَم

ثُمَّ قَالَ:

كَيْفَ قُلْتَ؟

فأعاد عليه ما قال، فقال:

نَعَمْ، إِلَّا الدَّيْنَ، قَالَهُ لِي جِبْرِيلُ آنِفًا

('O Messenger of Allah! If I was killed in Allah's cause, observing patience, awaiting Allah's reward, attacking, not retreating, would Allah forgive my sins?' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Yes.' The Prophet ﷺ then asked the man, 'What did you ask?' When the man repeated the question, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Yes, except for the debt, for Jibril conveyed this to me right now'.)

This is why Allah said here,

لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ

(verily, I will expiate from them their evil deeds and admit them into Gardens under which rivers flow), within Paradise, where there are rivers of various drinks: milk, honey, wine and fresh water. There is what no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard and no heart has ever imagined [of delights in Paradise]. Allah's statement,

 ثَوَابًا مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ

(a reward from Allah) testifies to His might, for the Mighty and Most Great only gives tremendous rewards. Allah's statement,

 وَاللَّهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الثَّوَابِ

(and with Allah is the best of rewards.") for those who perform good deeds.