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.