Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

What has God to do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And God is grateful and knowing.

مَا يَفْعَلُ اللّٰهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ اِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ وَاٰمَنْتُمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ شَاكِراً عَل۪يماً
Ma yafAAalu Allahu biAAathabikumin shakartum waamantum wakana Allahu shakiranAAaleema
#wordmeaningroot
1What
2yafʿaluwould doفعل
3l-lahuAllah
4biʿadhābikumby punishing youعذب
5inif
6shakartumyou are gratefulشكر
7waāmantumand you believeامن
8wakānaAnd isكون
9l-lahuAllah
10shākiranAll-Appreciativeشكر
11ʿalīmanAll-Knowingعلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    Why should Allah punish you if you are thankful and have iman? Allah is All-Thankful, All-Knowing.

  • Progressive Muslims

    What would God want with your punishment if you were only thankful and believed God is Appreciative, Knowledgeable.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Why should Allah punish you if you are practically grateful in spending His Bounties on others and truly believe in His Laws? Allah is Appreciative, Knower.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    What has God to do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And God is grateful and knowing.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    What would God want with your punishment if you were only thankful and believed? God is Thankful, Knowledgeable.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    What would God want with your punishment if you only appreciated and acknowledged? God is Appreciative, Knowledgeable.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    What will GOD gain from punishing you, if you became appreciative and believed? GOD is Appreciative, Omniscient.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Why should God punish you if you acknowledge the truth and believe? God is responsive to gratitude and is cognisant.

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

    What would Allah do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And ever is Allah Appreciative and Knowing.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Why would God cause you to suffer if you are grateful and attain to belief - seeing that God is always responsive to gratitude, all-knowing?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    What concern hath Allah for your punishment if ye are thankful (for His mercies) and believe (in Him)? Allah was ever Responsive, Aware.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Why should Allah deal chastisement to you if you are grateful to Him and believe? Allah is All-Appreciative, All-Knowing.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Pause here - you people - and think What advantage or benefit does, Allah derive from inflicting punishment on you if you impel yourselves to the feeling of gratitude and gratefulness and conform your will to His will! Indeed Allah has always acknowledged what is esteemed a worthy deed; and He is 'Alimun.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    What will God earn by punishing you, if you are a thankful believer? No way; God appreciates and knows

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Why should Allâh punish you if you have thanked (Him) and have believed in Him. And Allâh is Ever All-Appreciative (of good), All-Knowing.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    What can Allah gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and ye believe? Nay, it is Allah that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth all things.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Why should Allah punish you if you are grateful and faithful? Allah is ever Appreciative, All-Knowing.

  • Taqi Usmani

    What would Allah get by punishing you, if you are grateful and believe? Allah is Appreciating, All-Knowing.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Why should God make you suffer torment if you are thankful and believe in Him? God always rewards gratitude and He knows everything.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    What would God do with chastising you if you are thankful, and believe? God is All-thankful, All-knowing.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Why should God punish you, if ye are grateful and believe? for God is grateful and knowing.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Why should Allah punish you, if you are grateful and believe? For Allah is Responsive and Aware.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    What would Allah perform with tormenting you in case you thank (Him) and believe? And Allah has been Thankful, Ever-Knowing.

  • George Sale

    And how should God go about to punisth you, if ye be thankful and believe? For God is grateful and wise.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    What can Allah gain by your punishment, when you are grateful and you believe? No! It is Allah Who is Appreciative (Shakir) (for the all the good), All Knowing (Aleem).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    What Allâh has to do with punishing you if you be grateful (to Him) and believe (in Him). Allâh is Ever-Appreciating, All-Knowing.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Why should Allah punish you if you give thanks and be faithful? And Allah is appreciative, all-knowing.