Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
not as payment for favours received
M. M. Pickthall
And none hath with him any favour for reward
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
not in return for someone’s favours,
Safi Kaskas
not as payment for received favors,
Wahiduddin Khan
and owes no favour to anyone, which is to be repaid
Shakir
And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and with him there is none for which recompense is expected to be given for divine blessing,
T.B.Irving
No one is awarded any favor by Him
Abdul Hye
who has in mind no favor from anyone to be paid back,
The Study Quran
not recompensing any for a favor thereby
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Not expecting to be recompensed by anyone.
Talal Itani (2012)
Seeking no favor in return
Dr. Kamal Omar
and with him (i.e., Al-Atqa ) there is not for any one out of a reward, which may be paid (by him, as due) in return (for any good some one has done to this pious and obedient person) —
not seeking any favor from anyone for which a reward is expected in return
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in no way has anyone in his presence any favor to be recompensed
Muhammad Sarwar
They do not expect any rewar
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
while no one has conferred any favour on him for which he would give a return
Shabbir Ahmed
Not that he is returning any favors. (76:9)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Not because he had any favors to return
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And have in their minds no favor from anyone for which a reward is expected in return
And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarde
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Seeking nothing in return
Abdel Haleem
not to return a favour to anyon
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And who hath no favour from anyone to recompense
Ahmed Ali
And is under no one's obligation to return his favour
Aisha Bewley
not to repay someone else for a favour done —
Ali Ünal
Without anyone who has favored him so that he should spend in return for it, or expecting any reward in return for what he spends
Ali Quli Qara'i
and does not expect any reward from anyone
Hamid S. Aziz
And who gives no favour expecting a return
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And no one has any favor with Him to be rewarded (for it)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And have in their minds no favor from anyone, for which a reward is expected in return
Musharraf Hussain
Not as a payment for favours received,
Maududi
not as payment for any favours that he received
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Seeking nothing in return.
Mohammad Shafi
— And he has none with him to be recompensed of favours received —
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And he owes no favour to anyone for recompense;
Seeking nothing in return
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and confers no favor upon anyone for recompense
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And none has with him any boon for a reward
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And (there) is not to anyone at Him from a blessing/goodness to be rewarded/reimbursed
Bijan Moeinian
Without expecting any reward from the one that they have favored by their charitable actions
Faridul Haque
And no one has done a favour to him, for which he should be compensated
Sher Ali
And not because he owes a favour to anyone, which is to be repaid
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And who owes no favour to anyone that he is seeking to pay back
Amatul Rahman Omar
And not because he is under an obligation to anyone which (- obligation) has to be repaid
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And there is no grace for anyone in His presence to be paid with by way of entitlement,
Munir Mezyed
Without expecting anything in return,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And he does not ask anyone for reward for a blessing,
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and not in return for any favor to anyone,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They do not expect the favor of anything in return.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
No one is awarded any favor by him [in return]
Samy Mahdy
And not for anyone at him any grace to be recompensed.
Sayyid Qutb
not in recompense of any favours done him by anyone.
Thomas Cleary
without having any favor to be repaid to anyone,
Ahmed Hulusi
And he does this not for a return (nor as the return for anything)!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"without thought of reward or favour,"
With no obligation to any, or expectation of a reward or a favour in return or a mundane satisfaction
Mir Aneesuddin
and he does not bestow favour on anyone, from that which is with him, (with the intention of) being rewarded (back),
The Wise Quran
And there is not for anyone a favour with him to be recompensed.