Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Save those who repent, and make right, and hold fast to God, and are sincere in their doctrine to God; those are with the believers, and God will give the believers a great reward.

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ تَابُوا وَاَصْلَحُوا وَاعْتَصَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَاَخْلَصُوا د۪ينَهُمْ لِلّٰهِ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۜ وَسَوْفَ يُؤْتِ اللّٰهُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ اَجْراً عَظ۪يماً
Illa allatheena taboowaaslahoo waAAtasamoo billahiwaakhlasoo deenahum lillahi faola-ika maAAaalmu/mineena wasawfa yu/ti Allahu almu/mineena ajran AAatheema
#wordmeaningroot
1illāExcept
2alladhīnathose who
3tābūrepentتوب
4wa-aṣlaḥūand correct (themselves)صلح
5wa-iʿ'taṣamūand hold fastعصم
6bil-lahito Allah
7wa-akhlaṣūand are sincereخلص
8dīnahum(in) their religionدين
9lillahifor Allah
10fa-ulāikathen those (will be)
11maʿawith
12l-mu'minīnathe believersامن
13wasawfaAnd soon
14yu'tiwill be givenاتي
15l-lahu(by) Allah
16l-mu'minīnathe believersامن
17ajrana rewardاجر
18ʿaẓīmangreatعظم
  • Aisha Bewley

    except those who make tawba and put things right and hold fast to Allah and dedicate their deen to Allah alone; they are with the muminun. Allah will give the muminun an immense reward.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Except those who repent, and amend, and hold fast to God, and purify their system to God; then these will be with the believers. And God will grant the believers a great reward.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Except those who repent by returning to the Right Path and make amends and hold fast to Allah's Guidance in all sincerity. Those are with the believers. Allah will soon grant the believers a reward of immense value.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Save those who repent, and make right, and hold fast to God, and are sincere in their doctrine to God; those are with the believers, and God will give the believers a great reward.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Except those who repent, and amend, and hold fast to God, and are loyal in their system to God; then these will be with the believers. And God will give the believers a great recompense.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    As for those who repent, amend, hold fast to God, and devote their system to God; these will be with those who acknowledge. God will grant those who acknowledge a great reward.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Only those who repent, reform, hold fast to GOD, and devote their religion absolutely to GOD alone, will be counted with the believers. GOD will bless the believers with a great recompense.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    But those who repent and amend, and hold firmly to God, and are sincere and wholly obedient to God, are surely with the faithful; and God will bestow on the faithful a great reward.

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

    Except for those who repent, correct themselves, hold fast to Allah, and are sincere in their religion for Allah, for those will be with the believers. And Allah is going to give the believers a great reward.

  • Muhammad Asad

    But excepted shall be they who repent, and live righteously, and hold fast unto God, and grow sincere in their faith in God alone: for these shall be one with the believers - and in time God will grant to all believers a mighty reward.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make their religion pure for Allah (only). Those are with the believers. And Allah will bestow on the believers an immense reward.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    except those who re-pent and mend their ways and hold fast to Allah and make their faith exclusive to Allah.* Those people shall be numbered with the believers and Allah will certainly bestow on the believers a great reward.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    But such a misfortune would be cancelled in favour of those who repent, amend and declare the truth and turn their minds to Allah and choose to be under His tutelage and faithfully conform to Allah's system of faith and worship. Such persons, shall Allah include in the circle of those whose hearts have been touched with the divine hand, and Allah shall requite the faithful who are firm in fidelity and allegiance to Him a great reward.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Except those of them who sincerely repent, improve their situation, hold fast to God and stick with their religion. Then God will count them among the believers and the believers are entitled to a great reward.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Except those who repent (from hypocrisy), do righteous good deeds, hold fast to Allâh, and purify their religion for Allâh (by worshipping none but Allâh, and do good for Allâh’s sake only, not to show off), then they will be with the believers. And Allâh will grant the believers a great reward.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to Allah, and purify their religion as in Allah's sight: if so they will be (numbered) with the believers. And soon will Allah grant to the believers a reward of immense value.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    except those who repent, mend their ways, hold fast to Allah, and are sincere in their devotion to Allah; they will be with the believers. And Allah will grant the believers a great reward.

  • Taqi Usmani

    - except those who repent and correct themselves and hold on to Allah and make their Faith pure for Allah. So, those are with the believers, and Allah will give the believers a great reward.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Not so those who repent, mend their ways, hold fast to God, and devote their religion entirely to Him: these will be joined with the believers, and God will give the believers a mighty reward.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    save such as repent, and make amends, and hold fast to God, and make their religion sincerely God's; those are with the believers, and God will certainly give the believers a mighty wage.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Save those who turn again, and do right, and take tight hold on God, and are sincere in religion to God; these are with the believers, and God will give to the believers mighty hire.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Save those who repent, and do right, and take tight hold on Allah, and are sincere in religion for (or purify religion for) Allah; these are with the believers, and Allah will give to the believers mighty reward.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Except the ones who repent, and act righteously, and adhere firmly to Allah, and make their religion faithful to Allah; so, those are with the believers, and Allah will eventually bring the believers a magnificent reward.

  • George Sale

    But they who repent and amend, and adhere firmly unto God, and approve the sincerity of their religion to God, they shall be numbered with the faithful; and God will surely give the faithful a great reward.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Except for those who repent, do righteous and good deeds, mend (their life), hold fast to Allah, and purify their religion as in Allah’s sight: If so they will be (included) with the believers. And soon will Allah grant to the believers a reward of great value.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Yet such of these (- hypocrites) who turn with sincere repentance and amend (themselves) and hold fast to Allâh and become sincere in their allegiance to Allâh, it is these who are with the believers and Allâh will soon grant these believers a great reward.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    except for those who repent and reform, and hold fast to Allah and dedicate their religion to Allah. Those are with the faithful, and soon Allah will give the faithful a great reward.