Grammar

Every good deed is known

A Benefit from the Qurʾān

Allāh Subhanahu wa Taala says:
وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللَّهُ
“Whatever good you do, Allāh knows it.”

[Al-Baqarah 2:197]

Shaykh as-Saʿdī (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) said:
«وَأَتَى بِـمِنْ لِلتَّنْصِيصِ عَلَى الْعُمُومِ»

He used مِنْ to make the general meaning explicit .”

When an indefinite noun comes in a conditional context, it indicates generality. If it is preceded by مِنْ, the generality is made explicit and emphatic - even more emphasis.

So, condition here - whatever
Indefinite noun - خير

So مِنْ خَيْرٍ includes every good deed—great or small, public or hidden.

Nothing done sincerely for Allāh is ever overlooked إن شاء الله

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