Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Ahqaf Verse 19

Mufti Taqi Usmani

For each (of these two groups) there are (different) ranks because of what they did, and so that He may repay them in full for their deeds; and they will not be wronged.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Each ˹of the two groups˺ will be ranked according to what they have done so He may fully reward all. And none will be wronged.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Everyone will be ranked according to what they did, so that He may recompense them in full for their deeds, and none will be wronged.

A. J. Arberry

All shall have their degrees, according to what they have wrought, and that He may pay them in full for their works, and they not being wronged.

Abdul Haleem

Everyone will be ranked according to their deeds and God will repay them in full for what they have done: they will not be wronged.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And for each are ranks according to that which they have worked, that He may repay them in full for their works; and they shall not be wronged.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And to all are (assigned) degrees according to the deeds which they (have done), and in order that (Allah) may recompense their deeds, and no injustice be done to them.

Abul Ala Maududi

Of these all have ranks according to their deeds so that Allah may fully recompense them for their deeds. They shall not be wronged.

Ahmed Ali

Each will have a position in accordance with his deeds; and no wrong will be done to them.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And for all persons are ranks according to their deeds; and so that He may repay them in full for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.

Ali Quli Qarai

For everyone there are degrees [of merit] pertaining to what he has done: He will recompense them fully for their works, and they will not be wronged.

Ali Ünal

For all (individuals and groups) there will be degrees of their own, according to what they have done, and so God will pay them fully for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And all shall have positions and grades (with their Lord) according to the worth of their deeds; and (it shall be so) that He may repay them fully for their deeds and that they may not be treated unjustly.

English Literal

And to each, steps/degrees from what they made/did , and to fulfill/complete (to) them their deeds, and they not be caused injustice to/oppressed.

Faridul Haque

And for all persons are ranks according to their deeds; and so that He may repay them in full for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.

Hamid S. Aziz

And for all are degrees according to what they did, and that He may pay them back fully their deeds and they shall not be wronged.

Hilali & Khan

And for all, there will be degrees according to that which they did, that He (Allah) may recompense them in full for their deeds. And they will not be wronged.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

These are they against whom the word proves true, among nations of the jinn and the men that have passed away before them. Surely they are losers.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And for all are degrees according to what they did, and that He may pay them back fully their deeds and they shall not be wronged.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And for all there will be ranks from what they do, that He may pay them for their deeds; and they will not be wronged.

Muhammad Sarwar

Everyone will have a position proportionate to the degree of his deeds. Finally, God will recompense them for their deeds and they will not be wronged.

Qaribullah & Darwish

Each shall have their degrees, according to what they have done, so that He will recompense them for their works, and they shall not be wronged.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And for all, there will be degrees according to that which they did, so that He might fully recompense for their deeds. And they will not be wronged.

Wahiduddin Khan

All will be ranked according to their deeds. We will requite them in full for their actions and they will not be wronged.

Talal Itani

There are degrees for everyone, according to what they have done, and He will repay them for their works in full, and they will not be wronged.

Tafsir jalalayn

And for each one, of both categories, believer and disbeliever, there will be degrees [of status] , thus the degrees of the believers in Paradise are high, while the degrees of disbelievers in the Fire are despicable, according to what they have done, that is to say, [according to what] believers [have done] in the way of acts of obedience, and disbelievers, in the way of acts of disobedience, and that He may recompense them fully, namely, God (li-yuwaffiyahum; a variant reading has li-nuwaffiyahum, `that We may recompense them fully') for their deeds, that is, [pay them] their deserts, and they will not be wronged, [not even] in a single thing that may be diminished for believers or increased for disbelievers.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَاتٌ مِّمَّا عَمِلُوا

And for all, there will be degrees according to that which they did,

meaning that there will be degrees of punishment for each of them according to what they did.

وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ



so that He might fully recompense them for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.

which means Allah will not be unjust to them even in the amount of a speck of dust or less.

Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said;

"The levels of the Fire descend, and those of Paradise ascend."

Allah then says