Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Adiyat Verse 7

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and he himself is a witness to that fact,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and they certainly attest to this—

Ruwwad Translation Center

and he himself is a witness to that –

A. J. Arberry

and surely he is a witness against that!

Abdul Haleem

and He is witness to this––

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And verily to that he is witness.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);

Abul Ala Maududi

and he himself is a witness to that,

Ahmed Ali

And is himself witness to it,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And indeed he himself is a witness to it.

Ali Quli Qarai

and indeed he is [himself] witness to that!

Ali Ünal

And to this he himself is a sure witness;

Amatul Rahman Omar

And he himself bears witness to all this (by his conduct).

English Literal

And he truly (is) on that witnessing/testifying (E).

Faridul Haque

And indeed he himself is a witness to it.

Hamid S. Aziz

And, verily, he is a witness of that.

Hilali & Khan

And to that fact he bears witness (by his deeds);

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And truly on account of the love of wealth he is niggardly.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And most surely he is a witness of that.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And lo! he is a witness unto that;

Muhammad Sarwar

He himself knows this very well.

Qaribullah & Darwish

To this he himself shall bear witness.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And to that He bears witness.

Wahiduddin Khan

He himself bears witness to that.

Talal Itani

And he bears witness to that.

Tafsir jalalayn

and verily to that, ingratitude of his, he is a witness, bearing witness against himself to his own actions.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And to that He bears witness.

Qatadah and Sufyan Ath-Thawri both said,

"And indeed Allah is a witness to that."

It is also possible that the pronoun (He) could be referring to man. This was said by Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi. Thus, its meaning would be that man is a witness himself to the fact that he is ungrateful.

This is obvious in his condition, meaning this is apparent from his statements and deeds.

This is as Allah says,

مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُواْ مَسَاجِدَ الله شَـهِدِينَ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِم بِالْكُفْرِ

It is not for the idolators, to maintain the Masajid (Mosques) of Allah, while they witness disbelief against themselves. (9;17)

Allah said;

وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ