Translation:
And their Lord have accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: You are members, one of another: 500 Those who have left their homes, or been driven out therefrom, or suffered harm in My Cause, or fought or been slain,- verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from the Presence 501 of Allah, and from His presence is the best of rewards."
And their Lord have accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: You are members, one of another: 500 Those who have left their homes, or been driven out therefrom, or suffered harm in My Cause, or fought or been slain,- verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from the Presence 501 of Allah, and from His presence is the best of rewards."
Translation:
And thus does their Sustainer answer their prayer: "I shall not lose sight of the labour of any of you who labours [in My way], be it man or woman: each of you is an issue of the other. 150 Hence, as for those who forsake the domain of evil, 151 and are driven from their homelands, and suffer hurt in My cause, and fight [for it], and are slain - I shall most certainly efface their bad deeds, and shall most certainly bring them into gardens through which running waters flow, as a reward from God: for with God is the most beauteous of rewards."
And thus does their Sustainer answer their prayer: "I shall not lose sight of the labour of any of you who labours [in My way], be it man or woman: each of you is an issue of the other. 150 Hence, as for those who forsake the domain of evil, 151 and are driven from their homelands, and suffer hurt in My cause, and fight [for it], and are slain - I shall most certainly efface their bad deeds, and shall most certainly bring them into gardens through which running waters flow, as a reward from God: for with God is the most beauteous of rewards."
Commentary:
150 I.e., "you all are members of one and the same human race, and therefore equal to one another".
151 See surah 2, note 203, and surah 4, note 124.
150 I.e., "you all are members of one and the same human race, and therefore equal to one another".
151 See surah 2, note 203, and surah 4, note 124.
500 In Islam the equal status of the sexes is not only recognised but insisted on. If sex distinction, which is a distinction in nature, does not count in spiritual matters, still less of course would count artificial distinctions, such as rank, wealth, position, race, colour, birth, etc.
501 Here, and in 3:198, 4:175, and in many places elsewhere, stress is laid on the fact that whatever gift, or reward, or bliss will come to the righteous, its chief merit will be that it proceeds from the Presence of Allah Himself. "Nearness to Allah" expresses it better than any other symbol.