Quran Universe
31:8

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Inna allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum jannatu alnnaAAeemi

Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them are the Gardens of Pleasure.

Word by word
  1. إِنَّIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieve
  4. وَعَمِلُواْand do
  5. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِrighteous deeds
  6. لَهُمۡfor them
  7. جَنَّـٰتُ(are) Gardens
  8. ٱلنَّعِيمِ(of) Delight
Luqman · 31:8Makkah

Faith and good deeds open Gardens of Delight.

The other path, right after the warning

The good destiny
believein Allah and His Messenger
do good deedsby Allah's guidance
lead to
Gardens of Delightbeyond what we imagine
What it takes
belief aloneno change in life
belief plus deedsthe pair that enters

Right after the one who turns away, Allah describes those who believe and do righteous deeds. Ibn Kathir says the Gardens hold delights that have never crossed the mind of any human being.

You picture the best day you ever had: the wedding, the trip, the evening with everyone laughing. It is not even close. What reaches it is ordinary: believing, and then doing the next good thing.

Paradise is too far away to think about on a Tuesday.

Every small good deed on an ordinary day is a step toward it.

Try this

Pair one belief with one action today, such as thanking Allah and then thanking a person.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them are Gardens of Delight (8)To abide therein. It is a promise of Allah in truth. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise (9)

The Good Destiny of the Believers

Here Allah mentions the destiny of the righteous in the Hereafter, those who believe in Allah and His Messenger ﷺ and do righteous deeds in accordance with the Laws of Allah.

لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ النَّعِيمِ

(for them are Gardens of Delight.) means, there they will enjoy all kinds of delights and pleasures, food, drink, clothing, dwelling-places, means of transportation, women, a light of beauty and delightful sounds, which have never crossed the mind of any human being. They will stay there forever, never leaving and never desiring change.

وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقًّا

(It is a promise of Allah in truth.) meaning, this will undoubtedly come to pass, for it is a promise from Allah, and Allah never breaks His promise, because He is the Most Generous Bestower Who does what He wills and is able to do all things.

وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ

(And He is the All-Mighty,) Who has subjugated all things and to Whom all things submit,

الْحَكِيمُ

(the All-Wise.) in what He says and what He does, Who has made this Qur'an a guidance to the believers.

قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى ۚ 

(Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a healing. And as for those who disbelieve, there is heaviness (deafness) in their ears, and it is blindness for them)(41:44).

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا 

(And We send down of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe, and it increases the wrongdoers nothing but loss.)(17:82)