Quran 39:7 — Az-Zumar, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you are ungrateful, remember God has no need of you, yet He is not pleased by ingrati-tude in His servants; if you are grateful, He is pleased [to see] it in you. No soul will bear another’s burden. You will return to your Lord in the end and He will inform you of what you have done: He knows well what is in the depths of [your] hearts.
إِنْ تَكْفُرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْكُمْ ۖ وَلَا يَرْضَىٰ لِعِبَادِهِ الْكُفْرَ ۖ وَإِنْ تَشْكُرُوا يَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
in takfurū fa-inna l-laha ghaniyyun ʿankum walā yarḍā liʿibādihi l-kuf'ra wa-in tashkurū yarḍahu lakum walā taziru wāziratun wiz'ra ukh'rā thumma ilā rabbikum marjiʿukum fayunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you are unthankful, God is independent of you, yet He approves not unthankfulness in His servants; but if you are thankful, He will approve it in you. And no soul laden bears the load of another. Then to your Lord shall you return, and He will tell you what you have been doing. He knows the thoughts within the breasts.
- Muhammad Asad
- If you are ingrate behold, God has no need of you; none the less, He does not approve of ingratitude in His servants: whereas, if you show gratitude, He approves it in you. And no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden. In time, unto your Sustainer you all must return, and then He will make you [truly] understand all that you were doing [in life]: for, verily, He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men].
- Sahih International
- If you disbelieve - indeed, Allāh is Free from need of you. And He does not approve for His servants disbelief. And if you are grateful, He approves [i.e., likes] it for you; and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you about what you used to do. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تَكْفُرُوا۟takfurū | you disbelieve | كفر |
| 3 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | غَنِىٌّghaniyyun | (is) free from need | غني |
| 6 | عَنكُمْ ۖʿankum | of you | — |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 8 | يَرْضَىٰyarḍā | He likes | رضو |
| 9 | لِعِبَادِهِliʿibādihi | in His slaves | عبد |
| 10 | ٱلْكُفْرَ ۖl-kuf'ra | ungratefulness | كفر |
| 11 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 12 | تَشْكُرُوا۟tashkurū | you are grateful | شكر |
| 13 | يَرْضَهُyarḍahu | He likes it | رضو |
| 14 | لَكُمْ ۗlakum | in you | — |
| 15 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 16 | تَزِرُtaziru | will bear | وزر |
| 17 | وَازِرَةٌۭwāziratun | bearer of burdens | وزر |
| 18 | وِزْرَwiz'ra | (the) burden | وزر |
| 19 | أُخْرَىٰ ۗukh'rā | (of) another | أخر |
| 20 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 21 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 22 | رَبِّكُمrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 23 | مَّرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum | (is) your return | رجع |
| 24 | فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukum | then He will inform you | نبأ |
| 25 | بِمَاbimā | about what | — |
| 26 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 27 | تَعْمَلُونَ ۚtaʿmalūna | do | عمل |
| 28 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 29 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) the All-Knower | علم |
| 30 | بِذَاتِbidhāti | of what (is) in the breasts | — |
| 31 | ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri | of what (is) in the breasts | صدر |