Al-Qur'an Surah 'Abasa Verse 4

Mufti Taqi Usmani

or have received the advice, and the advice would have benefited him.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

or he may be mindful, benefitting from the reminder.

Ruwwad Translation Center

or he might take heed and benefit from the reminder?

A. J. Arberry

or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him.

Abdul Haleem

or taken note of something useful to him.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Or be admonished, so that the admonition might have profited him?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?

Abul Ala Maududi

or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him.

Ahmed Ali

Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him?

Ahmed Raza Khan

Or that he may accept advice, so the advice may benefit him.

Ali Quli Qarai

or take admonition, and the admonition would benefit him!

Ali Ünal

Or that he might grow mindful (of God’s Message), and the reminder benefit him?

Amatul Rahman Omar

Or that he might have paid heed to the admonition (that God has revealed to you) and this admonition would have done him good as well.

English Literal

Or He mentions/remembers , so the remembrance/reminder benefits him .

Faridul Haque

Or that he may accept advice, so the advice may benefit him.

Hamid S. Aziz

Or that he might become heedful so that the reminder should profit him?

Hilali & Khan

Or that he might receive admonition, and that the admonition might profit him?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

As for him who considers himself free from need

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

Muhammad Sarwar

or receive some (Quranic) advice which would benefit him.

Qaribullah & Darwish

(He might) remember, and the Reminder might profit him.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him

Wahiduddin Khan

or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning?

Talal Itani

Or be reminded, and the message would benefit him.

Tafsir jalalayn

or be admonished (yadhdhakkar; the original t' [of yatadhakkar] has been assimilated with the dhl) and so the reminder, the admonition heard from you, might benefit him (a variant reading [for tanfa`uhu] has tanfa`ahu as the response to the optative statement).

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?

meaning, he may receive admonition and abstain from the forbidden.

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى