Surah Fatir
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ ٱلْكَلِمُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ وَٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُ يَرْفَعُهُۥ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَمْكُرُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۖ وَمَكْرُ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُوَ يَبُورُ
Man kāna yurīdul-‘izzata falillāhil-‘izzatu jamī‘ā(n), ilaihi yaṣ‘adul-kalimuṭ-ṭayyibu wal-‘amaluṣ-ṣāliḥu yarfa‘uh(ū), wal-lażīna yamkurūnas-sayyi'āti lahum ‘ażābun syadīd(un), wa makru ulā'ika huwa yabūr(u).
Whoever desires honor [through power] - then to Allah belongs all honor. To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it. But they who plot evil deeds will have a severe punishment, and the plotting of those - it will perish.
📝 Footnotes
631) According to some commentators, the "good word" refers to the declaration lā ilāha illallāh (there is no deity but Allah). However, others state that it refers to the remembrance (dhikr) of Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) or any good word spoken for the sake of Allah.