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Surah Al-Isra — 17:19

وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا

Wa man araadal Aakhirata wa sa'aa lahaa sa'yahaa wa huwa mu'minun fa ulaaa'ika kaana sa'yuhum mashkooraa

A ci, którzy pragną życia ostatecznego i zdążają ku niemu z wielkim zapałem, i są wierzącymi, doczekają się uznania za swoją gorliwość.

But whoever desires the hereafter and strives for it with the striving it deserves, as a believer — their striving will be received with thanks.

Reflection

Three conditions stack here: wanting it, working for it, and believing. The middle one is a cognate accusative, striving it its own striving, which sets the effort by the size of the thing sought. The reward is named as thanks, mashkūr, from the root behind al-Shakūr; commentators take God's thanks to mean acceptance of a small deed and repayment past its measure.

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