Quran 40:17 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Today each soul will be rewarded for whatever it has done; today no injustice will be done. God is swift in reckoning.’
الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ۚ لَا ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
al-yawma tuj'zā kullu nafsin bimā kasabat lā ẓul'ma l-yawma inna l-laha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Today each soul shall be recompensed for that it has earned; no wrong today. Surely God is swift at the reckoning.'
- Muhammad Asad
- On that Day will every human being be requited for what he has earned: no wrong [will be done] on that Day: verily, swift in reckoning is God!
- Sahih International
- This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلْيَوْمَal-yawma | This Day | يوم |
| 2 | تُجْزَىٰtuj'zā | will be recompensed | جزي |
| 3 | كُلُّkullu | every | كلل |
| 4 | نَفْسٍۭnafsin | soul | نفس |
| 5 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 6 | كَسَبَتْ ۚkasabat | it earned | كسب |
| 7 | لَاlā | No | — |
| 8 | ظُلْمَẓul'ma | injustice | ظلم |
| 9 | ٱلْيَوْمَ ۚl-yawma | today | يوم |
| 10 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | سَرِيعُsarīʿu | (is) Swift | سرع |
| 13 | ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi | (in) Account | حسب |