53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 39
وَاَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ اِلَّا مَا سَعٰىۙ
Waan laysa lil-insani illa masaAAa
that man will have nothing but what he strives for;
- Progressive Muslims
And the human being will have what he sought.
- Shabbir Ahmed
- ii And that every human being shall be responsible for, and compensated for, his labor.
- Sam Gerrans
And that man has not save that for which he strove,
- The Monotheist Group
And man will have what he sought.
- Edip-Layth
The human being will have what he sought.
- Aisha Bewley
that man will have nothing but what he strives for;
- Rashad Khalifa
Every human being is responsible for his own works.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
That a man receives but only that for which he strives;
- Sahih International
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
- Muhammad Asad
and that nought shall be accounted unto man but what he is striving for;
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
That nothing is considered one's own in Day of Judgment but only what he strove for and had endeavoured to attain.
- Bijan Moeinian
"That man will be fully repaid for whatever he has done. "
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad).[1]
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That man can have nothing but what he strives for;
- Mustafa Khattab
and that each person will only have what they endeavoured towards,
- Taqi Usmani
and that a man shall not deserve but (the reward of) his own effort,
- Abdul Haleem
that man will only have what he has worked towards;
- Arthur John Arberry
and that a man shall have to his account only as he has laboured,
- E. Henry Palmer
and that man shall have only that for which he strives;
- Hamid S. Aziz
And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for,
- Mahmoud Ghali
And that man will have nothing except that for which he has endeavored (to achieve);
- George Sale
and that nothing shall be imputed to a man for righteousness, except his own labour;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And that man can have nothing except what he works (hard) for;
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And that a human being will have (to his account) what he strives for.
- Ali Quli Qarai
and that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for,