Quran Universe
16:122

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٗۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Waataynahu fee alddunya hasanatan wainnahu fee alakhirati lamina alssaliheena

And We gave him good in this world, and indeed, in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.

Word by word
  1. وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُAnd We gave him
  2. فِيin
  3. ٱلدُّنۡيَاthe world
  4. حَسَنَةٗۖgood
  5. وَإِنَّهُۥand indeed,he
  6. فِيin
  7. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِthe Hereafter
  8. لَمِنَ(he) will surely (be) among
  9. ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَthe righteous
An-Nahl · 16:122Makkah

Good in this world, and among the righteous in the next.

What Ibrahim was given

His reward
good herea full, good life
a truthful tongueremembered well
righteous therein the Hereafter
Two worlds or one
faith costs this lifeonly later reward
good in bothhere and hereafter

Ibn Kathir says Allah granted him all that a believer needs for a good and complete life in this world. Mujahid said the good was a truthful tongue, meaning he is remembered with honor. In the Hereafter he is among the righteous.

Thousands of years later, millions say Ibrahim's name in every prayer. That is the good name Allah gave him here. How will people speak of you after you're gone?

Living for Allah means giving up a good life here.

Allah can give good in this world and the next to those who live for Him.

Try this

Do one thing today you would want to be remembered for.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 16:120)

Verily, Ibrahim was (himself) an Ummah, obedient to Allah, a Hanif (monotheist), and he was not one of the idolators (120)(He was) thankful for His favors. He (Allah) chose him and guided him to a straight path (121)And We gave him good in this world, and in the Hereafter he shall be of the righteous (122)Then, We have sent the revelation to you: "Follow the religion of Ibrahim (he was a) Hanif, and he was not one of the idolators. (123)

The Khalil (Close Friend) of Allah

Allah praises His servant, Messenger and close friend Ibrahim, the Imam of the Hanifs the father of the Prophets, and Allah declares Ibrahim's innocence of the idolators, Jews or Christians. Allah says:

إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفًا

(Verily, Ibrahim was (himself) an Ummah, obedient to Allah, a Hanif (monotheist))[16:120]

Ummah here means the leader who is followed. Qanit (obedient to Allah) means humble and obedient. Hanif means one who deliberately steers clear of Shirk in favor of Tawhid. Hence Allah says:

وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(and he was not one of the idolators.)

Mujahid said: "Ummah (here) means that he was a nation on his own."

شَاكِرًا لِّأَنْعُمِهِ

((He was) thankful for His favors.)

means, he gave thanks for the blessings that Allah gave him. As Allah says:

وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ

(And of Ibrahim the one who fulfilled.)[53:37]

which means that he did everything that Allah commanded him to do.

اجْتَبَاهُ 

(He (Allah) chose him) means, He selected him, as Allah says:

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ رُشْدَهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِ عَالِمِينَ

(And before, We indeed gave Ibrahim his integrity, and We were indeed most knowledgeable about him)(21:51). Then Allah says:

وَهَدَاهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

(and guided him to a straight path.) which means to worship Allah alone, without partners or associate, in the manner that He prescribed and which pleases Him.

وَآتَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً

(And We gave him good in this world,) meaning, 'We granted him all that a believer may require for a good and complete life in this world.'

وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

(and in the Hereafter he shall be of the righteous.) Concerning the Ayah:

وَآتَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً

(And We gave him good in this world,) Mujahid said: "This means a truthful tongue."

ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا

(Then, We have sent the revelation to you: "Follow the religion of Ibrahim (he was a) Hanif...) meaning, 'because of his perfection, greatness, and the soundness of his Tawhid and his way, We revealed to you, O Seal of the Messengers and Leader of the Prophets ﷺ,'

أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(Follow the religion of Ibrahim (he was a) Hanif and he was not of the idolators.) This is like the Ayah in Surat Al-An'am:

قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدَانِي رَبِّي إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(Say: "Truly, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a right religion, the religion of Ibrahim, (he was a) Hanif and he was not of the idolators.")(6:161). Then Allah rebukes the Jews,