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What Does As-salihat (الصَّالِحَات) Mean in the Quran?

الصَّالِحَات
as-salihat
righteous deeds
Word type
plural noun

This page studies الصَّالِحَات as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
61 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

الصَّالِحَات (as-salihat) means righteous deeds. It frequently follows faith in the phrase those who believe and do righteous deeds, joining belief with action.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

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

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَٔابٍۢ

Those who have believed and done righteous deeds - a good state is theirs and a good return.

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely admit them among the righteous [into Paradise].

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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