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Arabic   
هَلۡ جَزَاۤءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنُ ۝٦٠
Transliteration (2021)   
hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sān
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Is (the) reward for the good but good?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Could the reward of good be aught but good
M. M. Pickthall   
Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?
Safi Kaskas   
Do excellent deeds deserve anything except the most excellent rewards?
Wahiduddin Khan   
The reward of goodness shall be nothing but goodness
Shakir   
Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Is the recompense for kindness other than kindness?
T.B.Irving   
Is there any reward for kindness except kindness itself?
Abdul Hye   
Is there any reward for good other than good?
The Study Quran   
Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Is there any reward for Good—other than Good?
Talal Itani (2012)   
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness
Dr. Kamal Omar   
What becomes the reward of goodness in excellence except excellent goodness
M. Farook Malik   
Could the reward for goodness be anything but goodness
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Should the recompense of fairness be (anything) except fairness
Muhammad Sarwar   
Can any thing else be a response to a favor but a favor
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Is there any reward for goodness other than goodness
Shabbir Ahmed   
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness? (10:26), (16:30), (76:9)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Do excellent deeds deserve anything except the most excellent rewards
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Is there any Reward for good — Other than good
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Is the reward for good [anything] but good
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?
Abdel Haleem   
Shall the reward of good be anything but good
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Shall the recompense of kindness be aught save kindness
Ahmed Ali   
Should the reward of goodness be aught else but goodness? -
Aisha Bewley   
Will the reward for doing good be anything other than good?
Ali Ünal   
Is the recompense of excellence (in obedience to God) other than excellence
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Is the requital of goodness anything but goodness
Hamid S. Aziz   
Is the reward of goodness other than goodness
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Is reward of goodness anything except goodness?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Is there any reward for good, other than good
Musharraf Hussain   
What’s the reward for kindness except kindness?
Maududi   
Can the reward of goodness be any other than goodness
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?
Mohammad Shafi   
Could the reward for good deeds be anything but good

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
What is the recompense of goodness, but goodness?
Rashad Khalifa   
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Shall the recompense of goodness be anything other than goodness
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
Is the goodness' reimbursement , except the goodness'
Bijan Moeinian   
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness
Faridul Haque   
What is the reward of virtue except virtue (in return)
Sher Ali   
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
The reward of good cannot be anything but good
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Goodness alone is the reward of goodness
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Is there any reward for good other than good

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Shall the recompense of goodness be other than goodness
George Sale   
Shall the reward of good works be any other than good
Edward Henry Palmer   
Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness
John Medows Rodwell   
Shall the reward of good be aught but good
N J Dawood (2014)   
Shall the reward of goodness be anything but good

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Is the reward for excellence any other than the excellence?
Munir Mezyed   
Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Is the repayment of kindness anything but kindness?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Is there any reward for kindness except kindness itself?
Samy Mahdy   
Is the reward of excellence except excellence?
Ahmed Hulusi   
Is not good the reward for good (servitude done through the observation of the Truth)?
Mir Aneesuddin   
Is the reward of good (something) other than good?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Is there a reward for goodness other than goodness
The Wise Quran   
Is the reward of goodness except goodness?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Is (the) reward for the good but good
OLD Transliteration   
Hal jazao al-ihsani illa al-ihsanu