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Discover the meaning of the term Alhyaa altyba (حياة الطيبة) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readThe goodly life (hayat tayyibah): lawful sustenance. In the Noble Quran: 'Whoever does a righteous deed, male or female, while being a believer, We will surely give him a goodly life, and We will reward them according to the best of what they used to do' (An-Nahl, 97). Ibn 'Abbas and a group said: it is lawful sustenance. 'Ali ibn Abi Talib said: it is contentment. Al-Hasan, Mujahid and Qatadah said: it is Paradise. Ibn Kathir said: the truth is that the goodly life embraces all of this.