Quran 53 : 39

And that is not for man except what he strives (for),
وَأَن
Waan
لَّيْسَ
Llaysa
لِلْإِنسَٰنِ
Liliinsaāni
إِلَّا
Iillā
مَا
سَعَىٰ
Saʿaāā

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And man will have what he sought.

Mustaqim

And that man only gets what he strives for.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And (of) Abraham who fulfilled (commandments)

Musharraf Hussain

and each person will have what he strived for.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And that man attains only what he strives for.

Muhammad Sarwar

nor can man achieve anything without hard labor

Ali Ünal

And that human has only that for which he labors

N J Dawood 2014

and that man shall be judged only by his labours

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

The human being is not but what he endeavored for

Mohammad Shafi

And that man gets nothing but what he strives for

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

That man can have nothing but what he strives for

Abdel Haleem

that man will only have what he has worked towards

Aisha Bewley

that man will have nothing but what he strives for;

Rashad Khalifa

Every human being is responsible for his own works.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And that the man will not get but what he endeavors.

Munir Mezyed

Man will have only what he (seriously) strives for.

MunirMezyed2023

Man will have only what he (seriously) strives for.

Safi Kaskas

that a human being attains only what he strives for,

Corpus.Quran

And that is not for man except what he strives (for)

Dr. Munir Munshey

That man deserves nothing, except for what he strives

Ahmed Ali

That a man receives but only that for which he strives

Edward Henry Palmer

and that man shall have only that for which he strives

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort

Sher Ali

And that man will have nothing but what he strives for

Wahiduddin Khan

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

Shakir

And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for

The Wise Quran

And that man shall have only that for which he strives;

Irving/Hegab

That everyman receives only what he makes an effort for:

T.B.Irving

That everyman receives only what he makes an effort for:

Abdul Hye

that a human can have nothing except what he strives for,

Talal Itani (2012)

And that the human being attains only what he strives for

Ali Quli Qara'i

and that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for

Bilal Muhammad 2018

That human beings can have nothing but what they strive for

Maududi

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

The Study Quran

that man shall have naught but that for which he endeavored

Hilali - Khan

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And that man can have nothing except what he works (hard) for

Faridul Haque

And that man will not obtain anything except what he strove for

Arthur John Arberry

and that a man shall have to his account only as he has laboured

Mir Aneesuddin

and that there is nothing for man except that which he strives for

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And that for man shall be naught save that wherefor he endeavoureth

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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

Mustafa Khattab 2018

and that each person will only have what they endeavoured towards,

Amatul Rahman Omar

And that a human being will have (to his account) what he strives for

Bijan Moeinian

“That man will be fully repaid for whatever he has done.”

Samy Mahdy

And that there was not for the human except what he was striving for.

Muhammad Asad

and that nought shall be accounted unto man but what he is striving for

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and that everyone shall have in his account only that which he worked for

Fode Drame

And that there is nothing for the man except that for which he has labored.

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And that (E) (there is) not to the human except what he strived/endeavored

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

Dr. Kamal Omar

and that (there is) not (available) to a human being except what he strove (for)

Bakhtiari Nejad

and that there is not (any reward) for human being except what he has worked for.

George Sale

and that nothing shall be imputed to a man for righteousness, except his own labour

John Medows Rodwell

And that nothing shall be reckoned to a man but that for which he hath made efforts

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And that man will have nothing except that for which he has endeavored (to achieve)

Linda "iLham" Barto

[They witnessed] that a person can have nothing but that for which he/she strives.

Shabbir Ahmed

- ii And that every human being shall be responsible for, and compensated for, his labor

Ahmed Hulusi

And man will only accrue the results (consequences) of his own deeds (what manifests through him; his thoughts and actions)!

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And that man (according to justice) will get only that for which he strives. (As for bounty, no one has any right to it. That is merely Allah’s bestowal and pleasure, granting as much as He wills to whom He pleases.