Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And as for him who is miserly, and self-sufficient,

وَاَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنٰىۙ
Waamma man bakhila wastaghna
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-ammāBut as for
2man(him) who
3bakhilawithholdsبخل
4wa-is'taghnāand considers himself free from needغني
  • Aisha Bewley

    But as for him who is stingy and self-satisfied,

  • Progressive Muslims

    And as for he who is stingy and holds back.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    But he who withholds and thinks himself self-sufficient becoming careless of others -

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And as for him who is miserly, and self-sufficient,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And as for he who is stingy and holds back.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    As for he who is stingy and holds back.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    But he who is stingy, though he is rich.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    But he who does not give and is unconcerned,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

  • Muhammad Asad

    But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    As for him who was a miser and behaved with aversion (to Allah),

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    But he ho is niggardly thinking he is self-sufficient and exercises greed,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    But the one who is greedy, not generous and thinks that he does not need anyone,

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And as for the one who is stingy, indifferent ˹to Allah˺,

  • Taqi Usmani

    But the one who is miser and deems himself self-sufficient,

  • Abdul Haleem

    There is the one who is miserly, who is self-satisfied,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    But as for him who is a miser, and self-sufficient,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    But as for him who is niggardly, And longs for wealth,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    But as for him who is niggardly and thinks himself independent (or self-sufficient),

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And as for him who is miserly, and thinks himself self-sufficient,

  • George Sale

    But whoso shall be covetous, and shall be wholly taken up with this world,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself to be self-sufficient,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    But as for him who is niggardly (and cripples his capacities) and is (disdainfully) indifferent (to God and the Hereafter),

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    But as for him who is stingy and self-complacent,