Quran Ayah ar-Rahman (The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful) 55:60 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

Could the reward of good be aught but good

Arthur John Arberry

Shall the recompense of goodness be other than goodness

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good

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Arabic

هَلۡ جَزَاۤءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنُ ۝٦٠

Transliteration (2021)

hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sān

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

Is (the) reward for the good but good?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

Could the reward of good be aught but good

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good

M. M. Pickthall

Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?

Wahiduddin Khan

The reward of goodness shall be nothing but goodness

Safi Kaskas

Do excellent deeds deserve anything except the most excellent rewards?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Is the recompense for kindness other than kindness?

T.B.Irving

Is there any reward for kindness except kindness itself?

Shakir

Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness

Abdul Hye

Is there any reward for good other than good?

Saeed Malik

Is the recompense of the good done [in devotion to God] anything but the good [of divine recompense]?

The Study Quran

Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Is the reward for excellence anything but excellence?

Talal Itani (2012)

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness

M. Farook Malik

Could the reward for goodness be anything but goodness

Dr. Kamal Omar

What becomes the reward of goodness in excellence except excellent goodness

Dr. Munir Munshey

Do excellent deeds deserve anything except the most excellent rewards

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Is there any Reward for good — Other than good

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Is the reward for good [anything] but good

Muhammad Sarwar

Can any thing else be a response to a favor but a favor

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Is there any reward for goodness other than goodness

Shabbir Ahmed

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness? (10:26), (16:30), (76:9)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Should the recompense of fairness be (anything) except fairness

Hamid S. Aziz

Is the reward of goodness other than goodness

Abdel Haleem

Shall the reward of good be anything but good

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Shall the recompense of kindness be aught save kindness

Ahmed Ali

Should the reward of goodness be aught else but goodness? -

Aisha Bewley

Will the reward for doing good be anything other than good?

Ali Ünal

Is the recompense of excellence (in obedience to God) other than excellence

Ali Quli Qara'i

Is the requital of goodness anything but goodness

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?

Musharraf Hussain

What’s the reward for kindness except kindness?

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Is there any reward for good, other than good

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Is reward of goodness anything except goodness?

Maududi

Can the reward of goodness be any other than goodness

Mohammad Shafi

Could the reward for good deeds be anything but good

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

What is the recompense of goodness, but goodness?

Rashad Khalifa

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Shall the recompense of goodness be anything other than goodness

Faridul Haque

What is the reward of virtue except virtue (in return)

Bijan Moeinian

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Is the goodness' reimbursement , except the goodness'

Sher Ali

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness

Edip Yuksel

Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?

Amatul Rahman Omar

Goodness alone is the reward of goodness

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

The reward of good cannot be anything but good

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Is there any reward for good other than good

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Shall the reward of goodness be anything but good

Arthur John Arberry

Shall the recompense of goodness be other than goodness

Edward Henry Palmer

Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness

George Sale

Shall the reward of good works be any other than good

John Medows Rodwell

Shall the reward of good be aught but good

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

Is there (Hal') a reward (Jazaau) for good deeds (El' Ih'saani) if not (illa) goodness (El' Ih'saan)?

Fode Drame

Is the reward for excellence any other than the excellence?

Munir Mezyed

Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

Is the repayment of kindness anything but kindness?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Is there any reward for kindness except kindness itself?

Samy Mahdy

Is the reward of excellence except excellence?

Ali Quli Qarai

Is the requital of goodness anything but goodness?

Ahmed Hulusi

Is not good the reward for good (servitude done through the observation of the Truth)?

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Is there any reward for good other than good

A. S. Mohamed

Is the reward of goodness anything other than goodness?

Mir Aneesuddin

Is the reward of good (something) other than good?

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

Is there a reward for goodness other than goodness

The Wise Quran Project

Is the reward of goodness except goodness?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Is there any reward for goodness except goodnes

OLD Literal Word for Word

Is (the) reward for the good but good

OLD Transliteration

Hal jazao al-ihsani illa al-ihsanu

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