Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity
M. M. Pickthall
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Truly he succeeds that purifies it
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
Safi Kaskas
Successful is he who purifies it, [91:09)
Wahiduddin Khan
He who purifies it will indeed be successful
Shakir
He will indeed be successful who purifies it
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
he who made it pure prospered.
T.B.Irving
Anyone who purifies himself will prosper
Abdul Hye
Indeed one will succeed who purifies his own self (obey Allah),
The Study Quran
Indeed, he prospers who purifies it
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Successful is the one who purifies it.
Talal Itani (2012)
Successful is he who purifies it
Dr. Kamal Omar
Indeed he has succeeded whoever purified her (the Nafs )
indeed successful will be the one who keeps it pure
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He has already prospered who has cleansed it
Muhammad Sarwar
those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happines
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
success is really attained by him who purifies it
Shabbir Ahmed
Successful indeed is he who grows the 'Self'
Dr. Munir Munshey
Successful is the one, who (nurtured and) purified (his soul)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Truly, he succeeds who purifies it
He has succeeded who purifies it
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Successful is the one who betters it
Abdel Haleem
The one who purifies his soul succeed
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed, it
Ahmed Ali
He who nourishes it will surely be successful
Aisha Bewley
he who purifies it has succeeded,
Ali Ünal
He is indeed prosperous who has grown it in purity (away from self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
Ali Quli Qara'i
one who purifies it is felicitous
Hamid S. Aziz
He indeed is successful who causes it to grow (or purifies it)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
anyone who purifies it, has succeeded
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Certainly she succeeds who purifies it
Musharraf Hussain
Whoever purified himself succeeded,
Maududi
He who purifies it will prosper
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Successful is the one who betters it.
Mohammad Shafi
Certainly, the one who keeps it [soul] pure is successful
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly he attained to his goal who cleansed it.
Successful is one who redeems it
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
prosperous is he who purified it
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He is indeed successful who causes it to grow
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Who purified/corrected it had succeeded/won
Bijan Moeinian
The successful person is indeed the one who purify himself by controlling those desires which are listed as evil by God
Faridul Haque
Indeed successful is the one who made it pure
Sher Ali
He, indeed, prospers who purifies it
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Indeed, the one who purifies his (ill-commanding) self (from all vain and vicious desires and cultivates in it virtue and piousness) succeeds
Amatul Rahman Omar
(All these are cited to witness that) one who purifies it (- his soul), certainly succeeds
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
indeed he is prospered one who has sanctified it.
Munir Mezyed
Indeed, He who indulges in purity will ultimately achieve a blissful life / or gain eternal salvation.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Successful is who purifies it,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Truly, he/she succeeds who purifies it.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
surely, successful is the one who has purified it,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Anyone who purifies himself will prosper
Samy Mahdy
Already has gained whoever refined it.
Sayyid Qutb
Successful is the one who keeps it pure,
Ahmed Hulusi
He who purifies (his consciousness) has succeeded.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"surely he who purifies it will succeed,"
Successful indeed will be he who is endowed with the attribute of self- reproach and self-judgment, who listens to such advice as Allah propounds
Mir Aneesuddin
He indeed succeeds who purifies it
The Wise Quran
Certainly he prospered who purified it.