Quran 3 : 85

And whoever seeks other than [the] Islam (as) religion then never will be accepted from him, and he in the Hereafter, (will be) from the losers.
وَمَن
Waman
يَبْتَغِ
Yabtaghi
غَيْرَ
Ghayra
ٱلْإِسْلَٰمِ
Aliislaāmi
دِينًا
Dīnana
فَلَن
Falan
يُقْبَلَ
Yuqbala
مِنْهُ
Minhu
وَهُوَ
Wahuwa
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ
Alʾākhirahi
مِنَ
Mina
ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ
Alkhaāsirīna

Arthur John Arberry

Whoso desires another religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him; in the next world he shall be among the losers

Faridul Haque

And if one seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him; and he is among the losers in the Hereafter

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Whoever seeks a faith other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers

Mohammad Shafi

And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it is not accepted from him. And he, in the Hereafter, will be among the doomed.

Musharraf Hussain

Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers

Sher Ali

And whoso seeks a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he shall be among the losers

Ali Ünal

Whoever seeks as religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Whoever seeks a way other than Islam, it will never be accepted from them, and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers.

Talal Itani (2012)

Whoever seeks other than Islam as a religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers

N J Dawood 2014

He that follows a religion other than Islam, it will not save him¹ and in the world to come he will surely be among the lost

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And whoever follows other than submission as a system, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he is of the losers.

Hilali - Khan

And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he will be one of the losers

Ahmed Ali

And whoever seeks a way other than submission to God, it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the world to come

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And whosoever will seek a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted of Him, and he shall be of the losers in the Hereafter

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Whoever seeks a religion other than Submission, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter, he will be among the losers.

The Study Quran

Whosoever seeks a religion other than submission, it shall not be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he shall be among the losers

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

He who chooses a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Everlasting Life he will be among the losers

Abdul Hye

And whoever is seeking a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and will be among the losers in the Hereafter.

George Sale

Whoever followeth any other religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him: And in the next life he shall be of those who perish

Samy Mahdy

And whoever seeks other than Islam as a religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter, he will be among the losers.

Shakir

And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers

Ali Quli Qara'i

Should anyone follow a religion other than Islam, it shall never be accepted from him, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter

Dr. Munir Munshey

If anyone desires (or adopts a way of life) other than Islam, it will never be accepted. In the life-to-come, he will be among the losers

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers

Aisha Bewley

If anyone desires anything other than Islam as a deen, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Next World he will be among the losers.

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter

Rashad Khalifa

Anyone who accepts other than Submission as his religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter, he will be with the losers.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And whoso will desire for a religion other than Islam that shall never be accepted from him and in the next world he shall be among the losers

Corpus.Quran

And whoever seeks other than [the] Islam (as) religion then never will be accepted from him and he in the Hereafter (will be) from the losers

John Medows Rodwell

Whoso desireth any other religion than Islam, that religion shall never be accepted from him, and in the next world he shall be among the lost

Safi Kaskas

If one seeks a faith other than submission to God [Islam], it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

If anyone desires a way other than Al-Islam, never will it be accepted of him, and in the hereafter, he will be in the ranks of those who are lost

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And whoever seeks a din (religion) other than Islam that shall not at all be accepted from him, and he will be amongst the losers in the Hereafter

Edward Henry Palmer

Whosoever craves other than Islam for a religion, it shall surely not be accepted from him, and he shall, in the next world, be of those who lose.

Mustaqim

And if anyone seeks another religion than Islam (submission), it will not be accepted from him and he will be amongst the losers in the hereafter.

Linda "iLham" Barto

If someone wants a religion other than Islam [ie, submission to God], it will not be acceptable. He/she will be among the losers in the hereafter.

The Wise Quran

And whoever seeks other than the submission for a religion, it shall not be accepted from him, and he shall, in the hereafter, be among the losers.

Mir Aneesuddin

And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, then it will not be accepted from him and in the hereafter he will be among those who are the losers.

Hamid S. Aziz

Whoever craves a religion other than the Surrender (Islam), it shall surely not be accepted from him, and he shall be a loser in the Hereafter."

T.B.Irving

Anyone who desires something other than Islam as a religion will never have it accepted from him, while in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And whoever seeks, other than Islam, as Religion, then (it) will never be accepted from him; and he, in the Hereafter, (will be) from among the losers

Wahiduddin Khan

If anyone seeks a religion other than Islam [submission to God], it will not be accepted from him; he will be among the losers in the Hereafter

Irving/Hegab

Anyone who desires something other than Islam as a religion will never have it accepted from him, while in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.

MunirMezyed2023

And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him. And he will be in the Hereafter among those who are doomed to perdition.

Bakhtiari Nejad

Whoever looks for a way of life (religion) other than submission (to God), it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be of the losers.

Abdel Haleem

If anyone seeks a religion other than [islam] complete devotion to God, it will not be accepted from him: he will be one of the losers in the Hereafter

Bijan Moeinian

If someone chooses any other religion than Islam (Submission to God), he will be considered as disbelievers and will find himself among the losers in the Hereafter

Muhammad Asad

For, if one goes in search of a religion other than self-surrender unto God, it will never be accepted from him, and in the life to come he shall be among the lost

Maududi

And whoever seeks a way other than this way a submission (Islam), will find that it will not be accepted from him and in the Life to come he will be among the losers

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And who desires/wishes other than the Islam/submission/surrender (as) a religion, so (it) will never/not be accepted from him, and he (is) in the end from the losers

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And whoever inequitably seeks for himself as a religion other than Islam, then it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter (he) will be among the losers

Muhammad Sarwar

No religion other than Islam (submission to the will of God) will be accepted from anyone. Whoever follows a religion other than Islam will be lost on the Day of Judgment

Amatul Rahman Omar

And whosoever seeks a faith other than Islam (- complete submission to the will of God,) it will never be accepted from him, and he shall be of the losers in the Hereafter

Munir Mezyed

Therefore, whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and he, in the ‘Hereafter’, will be among those who are doomed to eternal perdition.

Fode Drame

And whoever seeks a [way] other than the self submission [Islam] as religion, then it will never be accepted from him and he will be in the hereafter among those who are in loss.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), it will never be accepted from him; In the Hereafter, he will be with those who have lost (all spiritual reward)

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And whoever be looking for a way of life other than submission to God, it will never be accepted from him. And he, in the world to come, will be among the ones who are losers.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good)

Ahmed Hulusi

And whoever seeks a religion (system and order) other than Islam (the consciousness of being in a state of submission) his search will be ineffective! And he will be of the losers in the eternal life to come.

Shabbir Ahmed

Whoever seeks as religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter. (This is because the religion, DEEN of the entire Universe is Islam i.e. submission to the will of God)