سورة النّجْم
Surah Al-Najm 53:39
The Parts of the Qur‘ân · Verse 39 of 62
وَأَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And that a human being will have (to his account) what he strives for.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That man can have nothing but what he strives for;
Ahmed Ali
That a man receives but only that for which he strives;
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And that human has only that for which he labors,
Daryabadi
And that for man shall be naught save that wherefor he endeavoureth.
Faridul Haque
And that man will not obtain anything except what he strove for?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And that man can have nothing but what he strives for:
Maulvi Sher Ali
And that man will have nothing but what he strives for;
Muhammad Asad
and that nought shall be accounted unto man but what he is striving for;
Muhammad Musin Khan
And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad),
Muhammad Pickthall
And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,
Muhammad Sarwar
nor can man achieve anything without hard labor.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-
Rashad Khalifa
Every human being is responsible for his own works.
Shabbir Ahmed
ii Every human being shall be responsible for his own works and compensated for his labor.