Al-Qur'an Surah As-Saffat Verse 39

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And you will be recompensed for nothing but for what you used to do-

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and will only be rewarded for what you used to do.

Ruwwad Translation Center

and you will only be recompensed for what you used to do,

A. J. Arberry

and not be recompensed, except according to what you were doing.'

Abdul Haleem

and be repaid only according to your deeds.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And ye shall be required not except for that which ye have been doing;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But it will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye have wrought;-

Abul Ala Maududi

You will only be recompensed according to your deeds.”

Ahmed Ali

And be rewarded but only for what you had done,

Ahmed Raza Khan

“And you will not be compensated except for your deeds.”

Ali Quli Qarai

and you will be requited only for what you used to do

Ali Ünal

And you will not be recompensed but for what you were doing.

Amatul Rahman Omar

You shall be made to reap the fruit of your own deeds.

English Literal

And you are not being reimbursed except (for) what you were making/doing/working.

Faridul Haque

“And you will not be compensated except for your deeds.”

Hamid S. Aziz

And you shall not be punished except for what you did.

Hilali & Khan

And you will be requited nothing except for what you used to do (evil deeds, sins, and Allah's disobedience which you used to do in this world);

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely you will taste the painful chastisement.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And you shall not be rewarded except (for) what you did.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Ye are requited naught save what ye did -

Muhammad Sarwar

and will be recompensed only for what you deserve.

Qaribullah & Darwish

but you shall not be recompensed except for what you were doing.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And you will be requited nothing except for what you used to do.

Wahiduddin Khan

and be rewarded only according to your deeds."

Talal Itani

And you will be repaid only for what you used to do.

Tafsir jalalayn

and you will only be requited, the requital for, what you used to do'.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Verily, you are going to taste the painful torment; and you will be requited nothing except for what you used to do.

Then He makes an exception in the case of His sincerely believing servants.

This is like the Ayat;

وَالْعَصْرِ

إِنَّ الاِنسَـنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـت

By the Time. Verily, man is in loss, Except those who believe and do righteous deeds... (103;1-3)

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الاِنسَـنَ فِى أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَـهُ أَسْفَلَ سَـفِلِينَ

إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ

Verily, We created man in the best stature. Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low. Save those who believe and do righteous deeds. (95;4-6)

وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلاَّ وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ حَتْماً مَّقْضِيّاً

ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى الَّذِينَ اتَّقَواْ وَّنَذَرُ الظَّـلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيّاً

There is not one of you but will pass over it (Hell); this is with your Lord, a decree which must be accomplished. Then We shall save those who have Taqwa. And We shall leave the wrongdoers therein to their knees. (19;71-72)

and,

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

إِلاَّ أَصْحَـبَ الْيَمِينِ

Every person is a pledge for what he has earned, except those on the right. (74;38-39)

Allah says here;

إِلاَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ