35:30

لِيُوَفِّيَهُمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ غَفُورٞ شَكُورٞ

Liyuwaffiyahum ojoorahum wayazeedahum min fadlihi innahu ghafoorun shakoorun

That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.

Word by word
  1. لِيُوَفِّيَهُمۡThat He may give them in full
  2. أُجُورَهُمۡtheir rewards
  3. وَيَزِيدَهُمand increase for them
  4. مِّنof
  5. فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚHis Bounty
  6. إِنَّهُۥIndeed,He
  7. غَفُورٞ(is) Oft-Forgiving
  8. شَكُورٞMost Appreciative
Fatir · 35:30Makkah

Paid in full, then given more.

The Forgiving who appreciates even a little


The payout
wages in fullnothing missed
plus
more from His gracebeyond imagining
Forgiving, Appreciativevalues a little
Does a small deed count?
too small to matterwhy bother
Shakurappreciates even a little

Ibn Kathir says Allah pays them for what they did and multiplies it with more, such as has never occurred to them. He is Forgiving of their sins and appreciates even a little of their good deeds.

You gave five minutes to help a stranger with directions and forgot it by lunch. Allah did not forget. The One who appreciates sees small things and repays them generously.

My small good deeds are too little to matter.

Allah appreciates even a little, pays it in full, and adds more.

Try this

Do one tiny good deed today, like a smile or holding a door, and trust it counts.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 35:29)

Verily, those who recite the Book of Allah, and perform the Salah, and spend out of what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, they hope for a (sure) trade-gain that will never perish (29)That He may pay them their wages in full, and give them (even) more, out of His grace. Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (30)

The Muslims will be the Ones Who gain in the Hereafter

Here Allah tells us that His believing servants, who recite and believe in His Book, and do the deeds prescribed in it such as establishing regular prayer at the prescribed times, night and day, spending (in charity) out of that which Allah has provided for them secretly and openly,

يَرْجُونَ تِجَارَةً لَنْ تَبُورَ 

(they hope for a (sure) trade-gain that will never perish.) means, they hope for a reward from Allah which will inevitably be theirs. Allah says:

لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۚ 

(That He may pay them their wages in full, and give them (even) more, out of His grace.) meaning, that He may give them a reward for what they have done, and multiply it by adding more, such as has never occurred to them.

إِنَّهُ غَفُورٌ

(Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving,) means, He forgives their sins,

شَكُورٌ 

(Most Ready to appreciate.) means, He appreciates even a little of their good deeds.