an-Najm 53:39

AYAH an-Najm 53:39	53:40 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 53:38
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَى
Transliteration		Waan laysa lil-insani illa ma saAAa
Transliteration-2		wa-an laysa lil'insāni illā mā saʿ
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		And that is not for man except what he strives (for),

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		and that nought shall be accounted unto man but what he is striving for
M. M. Pickthall		And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		That man can have nothing but what he strives for
Shakir		And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for
Wahiduddin Khan		and that man shall have only that for which he strives
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		The human being is not but what he endeavored for
T.B.Irving		That everyman receives only what he makes an effort for:
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		and that each person will only have what they endeavoured towards,
Safi Kaskas		that a human being attains only what he strives for,
Abdul Hye		that a human can have nothing except what he strives for,
The Study Quran		that man shall have naught but that for which he endeavored
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		And the human being will have what he sought
Abdel Haleem		that man will only have what he has worked towards
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		And that for man shall be naught save that wherefor he endeavoureth
Ahmed Ali		That a man receives but only that for which he strives
Aisha Bewley		that man will have nothing but what he strives for;
Ali Ünal		And that human has only that for which he labors
Ali Quli Qara'i		and that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for
Hamid S. Aziz		And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		And that man will have nothing except that for which he has endeavored (to achieve)
Muhammad Sarwar		nor can man achieve anything without hard labor
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		and that a man shall not deserve but (the reward of) his own effort
Shabbir Ahmed		- ii And that every human being shall be responsible for, and compensated for, his labor
Syed Vickar Ahamed		And that man can have nothing except what he works (hard) for
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strive
Farook Malik		that there shall be nothing for a man except what he strives for
Dr. Munir Munshey		That man deserves nothing, except for what he strives
Dr. Kamal Omar		and that (there is) not (available) to a human being except what he strove (for)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		And that the human being attains only what he strives for
Maududi		and that man shall have nothing but what he has striven for
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		and that there is not (any reward) for the human being except what he tried for
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		That human beings can have nothing but what they strive for
Musharraf Hussain		and each person will have what he strived for.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		And man will have what he sought.
Mohammad Shafi		And that man gets nothing but what he strives for

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		“That man will be fully repaid for whatever he has done.&rdquo
Faridul Haque		And that man will not obtain anything except what he strove for
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		and that everyone shall have in his account only that which he worked for
Maulana Muhammad Ali		And (of) Abraham who fulfilled (commandments)
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		And that (E) (there is) not to the human except what he strived/endeavored
Sher Ali		And that man will have nothing but what he strives for
Rashad Khalifa		Every human being is responsible for his own works.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		And that the man will not get but what he endeavors.
Amatul Rahman Omar		And that a human being will have (to his account) what he strives for
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		And that man (according to justice) will get only that for which he strives. (As for bounty, no one has any right to it. That is merely Allah’s bestowal and pleasure, granting as much as He wills to whom He pleases.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		and that a man shall have to his account only as he has laboured
Edward Henry Palmer		and that man shall have only that for which he strives
George Sale		and that nothing shall be imputed to a man for righteousness, except his own labour
John Medows Rodwell		And that nothing shall be reckoned to a man but that for which he hath made efforts
N J Dawood (2014)		and that man shall be judged only by his labours

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		[They witnessed] that a person can have nothing but that for which he/she strives.
Ahmed Hulusi		And man will only accrue the results (consequences) of his own deeds (what manifests through him; his thoughts and actions)!
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		That nothing is considered one's own in Day of Judgment but only what he strove for and had endeavoured to attain
Mir Aneesuddin		and that there is nothing for man except that which he strives for

AYAH an-Najm 53:39

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