The Quran

سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:61

The Believers · Verse 61 of 118

أُولَٰئِكَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

It is they who are quick and eager to do good works to outdo others and it is they who are (the) foremost for these (virtues, and shall win the race).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is these who hasten in every good work, and these who are foremost in them.

Ahmed Ali

Are the ones who hasten to goodness and outpace the others.

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Ali Unal

It is those (illustrious ones) who hasten to do all kinds of virtuous deeds, and they are in a virtuous competition with one another in doing them.

Daryabadi

These are hastening on to good, and they are therein foremost.

Faridul Haque

These people hasten to perform goodness, and it is they who shall reach it first.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

These hasten to good things and they are foremost in attaining them.

Maulvi Sher Ali

These it is who hasten to do good works, and they are foremost in doing them.

Muhammad Asad

it is they who vie with one another in doing good works, and it is they who outrun [all others] in attaining to them!

Muhammad Musin Khan

It is these who race for the good deeds, and they are foremost in them [e.g. offering the compulsory Salat (prayers) in their (early) stated, fixed times and so on].

Muhammad Pickthall

These race for the good things, and they shall win them in the race.

Muhammad Sarwar

to God, these are the ones who really compete with each other in virtuous deeds and are the foremost ones in the task.

Muhammed ali Shakir

These hasten to good things and they are foremost in (attaining) them.

Rashad Khalifa

They are eager to do righteous works; they compete in doing them.

Shabbir Ahmed

It is those who race with one another to improve the quality of life for humanity, and it is those who are worthy of winning good things.