Al-Qur'an Surah Fussilat Verse 46

Mufti Taqi Usmani

If someone acts righteously, he does so for the benefit of his own soul, and if someone commits evil, he does so against it. Your Lord is not unjust to His servants.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Whoever does good, it is to their own benefit. And whoever does evil, it is to their own loss. Your Lord is never unjust to ˹His˺ creation.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Whoever does a righteous deed, it is to his own benefit; and whoever does an evil deed, it is to his own loss. Your Lord is not unjust to His slaves.

A. J. Arberry

Whoso does righteousness, it is to his own gain, and whoso does evil, it is to his own loss. Thy Lord wrongs not His servants.

Abdul Haleem

Whoever does good does it for his own soul and whoever does evil does it against his own soul: your Lord is never unjust to His creatures.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Whosoever worketh righteously it is for his soul, and whosoever worketh evil it is against it. And thine Lord is not an oppressor Unto His bondmen.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; whoever works evil, it is against his own soul; nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in the least) to His Servants.

Abul Ala Maududi

Whoever does good, does so to his own benefit; and whoever does evil, will suffer its evil consequence. Your Lord does no wrong to His servants.

Ahmed Ali

Whoever does good does so for himself, and whoever does wrong bears the guilt thereof. Your Lord does no wrong to His creatures.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Whoever does good deeds, so it is for his own good, and whoever commits evil, so it is for his own harm; and your Lord does not at all oppress the bondmen.

Ali Quli Qarai

Whoever acts righteously, it is for [the benefit of] his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is to its detriment, and your Lord is not tyrannical to His servants.

Ali Ünal

Whoever does good, righteous deeds, it is for his own soul’s good, and whoever does evil, it is to its detriment. Your Lord never does the least wrong to His servants.

Amatul Rahman Omar

He that does right, does it for the good of his own soul, and he that does evil, it shall recoil on him. And your Lord is the least unjust to (His) servants.

English Literal

Who made/did correct/righteous deeds, so for himself, and who did bad/evil/harm so on (for) it, and your Lord (is) not with an unjust/oppressor to the worshippers.

Faridul Haque

Whoever does good deeds, so it is for his own good, and whoever commits evil, so it is for his own harm; and your Lord does not at all oppress the bondmen.

Hamid S. Aziz

Whoever does good, it is for the good his own soul, and whoever does wrong, it is against it; and your Lord is not in the least unjust (or tyrannical) to His servants.

Hilali & Khan

Whosoever does righteous good deed it is for (the benefit of) his ownself, and whosoever does evil, it is against his ownself, and your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) slaves.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And indeed We gave Moses the Book, but differences arose therein. And had not a word already gone forth from thy Lord, judgment would have been given between them. And surely they are in a disquieting doubt about it.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is against it; and your Lord is not in the least unjust to the servants.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Whoso doeth right it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong it is against it. And thy Lord is not at all a tyrant to His slaves.

Muhammad Sarwar

Whoever acts righteously does so for his own good and whoever commits evil does so against his soul. Your Lord is not unjust to His servants.

Qaribullah & Darwish

He who does good does it for himself; and he who does evil does so against it. Your Lord never wrongs His worshipers.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself; and whosoever does evil, it is against himself. And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) servants.

Wahiduddin Khan

Whoever does what is just and right, does so for his own good; and whoever does evil, does so to his own detriment: and God is never in the least unjust to His creatures.

Talal Itani

Whoever acts righteously does so for himself; and whoever works evil does so against himself. Your Lord is not unjust to the servants.

Tafsir jalalayn

Whoever acts righteously, it is for [the good of] his own soul, that he acts [thus], and whoever does evil, it is to the detriment thereof, in other words, the harm consequent from his evildoing will [only] be to him. And your Lord is not [at all] a tyrant to His servants, that is, He is not One of injustice, as He, exalted be He, says; Surely God shall not wrong so much as the weight of an atom [Q. 4;40].

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Everyone will be requited according to His Deeds

Allah says,

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ

Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself;

means, the benefit of which will come to him.

وَمَنْ أَسَاء فَعَلَيْهَا

and whosoever does evil, it is against himself.

means, the consequences of that will come back on him.

وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ



And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) servants.

means, He only punishes people for their sins, and He does not punish anyone except after establishing proof against him and sending a Messenger to him.
Knowledge of the Hour is with Allah Alone

Then Allah says