Surah An-Najm — Verse 39

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وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ

Waan laysa lil-insani illa masaAAa

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

that man will only have what he has worked towards;

Marmaduke Pickthall

And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That man can have nothing but what he strives for;

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and that a man shall not deserve but (the reward of) his own effort,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and that man shall have nothing but what he has striven for,