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Muhammad Asad   
AND SO, [O Prophet,] be not in doubt about anything that those [misguided people] worship: they but [thoughtlessly] worship as their forefathers worshipped aforetime; and, behold, We shall most certainly give them their full due [for whatever good or evil they have earned], without diminishing aught thereof
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
So do not be in doubt ˹O Prophet˺ about what those ˹pagans˺ worship. They worship nothing except what their forefathers worshipped before ˹them˺. And We will certainly give them their share ˹of punishment˺ in full, without any reduction.
Safi Kaskas   
[Prophet], have no doubt about what these [misguided people] worship. They worship as their forefathers worshipped before them, and We will certainly give them their full share [for whatever good or evil they have earned], with no reduction.

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Arabic   
فَلَا تَكُ فِی مِرۡیَةࣲ مِّمَّا یَعۡبُدُ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِۚ مَا یَعۡبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا یَعۡبُدُ ءَابَاۤؤُهُم مِّن قَبۡلُۚ وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمۡ نَصِیبَهُمۡ غَیۡرَ مَنقُوصࣲ ۝١٠٩
Transliteration (2021)   
falā taku fī mir'yatin mimmā yaʿbudu hāulāi mā yaʿbudūna illā kamā yaʿbudu ābāuhum min qablu wa-innā lamuwaffūhum naṣībahum ghayra manqūṣi
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So (do) not be in doubt as to what worship these (polytheists). Not they worship except as what worshipped their forefathers from before. And indeed, We will surely pay them in full their share without being diminished.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
AND SO, [O Prophet,] be not in doubt about anything that those [misguided people] worship: they but [thoughtlessly] worship as their forefathers worshipped aforetime; and, behold, We shall most certainly give them their full due [for whatever good or evil they have earned], without diminishing aught thereof
M. M. Pickthall   
So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk) worship. They worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime. Lo! we shall pay them their whole due unabated
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the least) abatement
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
So do not be in doubt ˹O Prophet˺ about what those ˹pagans˺ worship. They worship nothing except what their forefathers worshipped before ˹them˺. And We will certainly give them their share ˹of punishment˺ in full, without any reduction.
Safi Kaskas   
[Prophet], have no doubt about what these [misguided people] worship. They worship as their forefathers worshipped before them, and We will certainly give them their full share [for whatever good or evil they have earned], with no reduction.
Wahiduddin Khan   
Have no doubt as to what they worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before [them]. We shall certainly give them their share in full, without diminishing anything
Shakir   
Therefore be not in doubt as to what these worship; they do not worship but as their fathers worshipped before; and most surely We will pay them back in full their portion undiminished
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
So be thou not hesitant as to what these worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worship before. And We are the ones who pay their share in full without being that which is reduced.
T.B.Irving   
Do not be in any quandary about what those [people] serve; they only worship as their forefathers worshipped previously. We will repay them their share without omitting anything.
Abdul Hye   
So don’t be in doubt as to what these people worship. They worship nothing but what their forefathers used to worship before them. Surely, We shall repay them their portion in full without any decrease
The Study Quran   
So be not in doubt concerning that which these [people] worship; they worship only as their fathers worshipped before. We shall surely give them their share, undiminished
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
So don’t be in doubt concerning what these people worship. They only worship as their ancestors did before. We will give them their full recompense, without any reduction.
Talal Itani (2012)   
So be not in doubt regarding what these people worship. They worship only as their ancestors worshiped before. We will pay them their due in full, without any reduction
Dr. Kamal Omar   
So be not in doubt about (the ineffectiveness of) what these (misguided people) pay obedience to. They do not pay allegiance except as pay allegiance their fathers (and ancestors) since before. And verily, We: surely, (are) those who pay fully to them their portion — not made reduced
M. Farook Malik   
Therefore, have no doubt concerning the deities they worship, for they blindly imitate the worship of those deities whom their forefathers used to worship before them; and surely, We shall give them their share of punishment in full without any abatement
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
So do not (engage) in wrangling about what these (disbelievers) worship; in no way do they worship (anything) except as their fathers worshiped earlier; and surely We will indeed pay them in full their assignment undiminished (i.e., without being diminished)
Muhammad Sarwar   
Have no doubt that these people worship (idols). They worship what their fathers had worshipped before them. We will give them the exact recompense that they deserve
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
So, be not in doubt about what they worship. They worship only in the way their fathers used to worship earlier. Surely, We are going to pay them their full share, not curtailed in the least
Shabbir Ahmed   
Be not in doubt about the outcome of those who worship idols in any form. They only blindly follow their forefathers. They and their forefathers will get their due portion according to Our Law of Requital
Dr. Munir Munshey   
So, do not entertain any doubt about the deities of these people. They are merely worshipping what their forefathers had worshipped before them, and We will provide them their share of the punishment _ without any curtailment
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Then do not be in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship only what their fathers worshipped before: And surely We shall pay them back their portion without the least (bit of) decrease in it
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
So do not be in doubt, [O Muhammad], as to what these [polytheists] are worshipping. They worship not except as their fathers worshipped before. And indeed, We will give them their share undiminished
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
So do not be in doubt as to what these men serve. They serve nothing but what their fathers before them served. We will give them their recompense in full
Abdel Haleem   
[Prophet], have no doubt about what these people worship: it is merely what their fathers worshipped before them, and We shall certainly give them their share in full, without any reduction
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
So be not thou in dubitation concerning that which these people worship. They worship not save as their fathers worshipped afore; and verily We will repay unto them in full their portion, undiminished
Ahmed Ali   
So, you should not entertain any doubt about those whom they worship: They only worship what their fathers had worshipped before them. We shall verily give them their meed without diminution
Aisha Bewley   
So be in no doubt about what these people worship. They only worship as their forebears worshipped previously. We will pay them their portion in full, with no rebate!
Ali Ünal   
So do not be in doubt of anything that those (misguided people) worship. They but worship as their forefathers worshipped in time past; and We will most certainly pay them their due in full, undiminished
Ali Quli Qara'i   
So do not be in doubt about what these worship: they worship just as their fathers worshiped before, and We shall surely pay them their full share, undiminished
Hamid S. Aziz   
Be not then in doubt concerning what these men serve (or worship); they only serve as their fathers served before; and We will give them their portion undiminished
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
So do not be in any doubt as to what these serve. They only serve as their fathers served in the past, and We certainly pay them back their portion without any reduction.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
So do not be in doubt as to what these people worship. They worship nothing but what their parents worshipped before them, but indeed We will pay them back their portion without reduction
Musharraf Hussain   
So don’t be doubtful about what these people worship; they worship what their forefathers worshipped before them, and We will give them their share in full, without reduction
Maududi   
[O Prophet!] Have no doubt about what they worship. For they worship what their fathers worshipped before. And (yet) We shall grant them their due portion in full, diminishing of it nothing.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
So do not be in doubt as to what these people serve. They serve nothing except what their fathers before them served. We will give them their recompense in full.
Mohammad Shafi   
Be not then in doubt as to what these people worship: they do not worship but as their fathers did before. And indeed We will pay them back in full their due, undiminished

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Then O listener! Be not in delusion concerning that which these infidels worship. They worship as their fathers used to worship before. And undoubtedly, We shall repay them their portion in full undiminished.
Rashad Khalifa   
Do not have any doubt regarding what these people worship; they worship exactly as they found their parents worshiping. We will requite them their due share fully, without reduction.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Therefore do no be doubtful as to what these worship. They worship only that which their fathers worshiped before them. We shall indeed pay them in full their undiminished measure
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
So be not thou in doubt as to that which these worship. They worship only as their fathers worshipped before. And surely We shall pay them in full their due undiminished
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
So do not be in doubt from what those worship, they do not worship except as their fathers worship(ed) from before, and that We are fulfilling/completing their share/fortune , not reduced/decreased
Bijan Moeinian   
Therefore, do not have any doubt about [the ineffectiveness of] the lords that they worship. They simply blindly follow the footstep of their forefathers. I will give them exactly what they have earned without reducing the least from it
Faridul Haque   
So O listener (followers of this Prophet), do not fall into doubt by what these disbelievers worship; they only worship just as their forefathers worshipped before; and indeed we shall pay them their due in full, undiminished
Sher Ali   
So be thou not in doubt, O reader, concerning that which these people worship. They only worship as their fathers worshiped before, and WE shall surely pay them in full their portion undiminished
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
So, (O listener,) do not have any doubt at all about those which they worship. They do not worship (on the basis of any reason or insight), but they worship only as their ancestors have done contiguously before. And certainly, We will pay them their full share (of torment) which will not be diminished in the least
Amatul Rahman Omar   
So (O people!) have no doubt about the (falsehood of) gods of those (polytheistic) people. They worship (these gods) only because their fathers worshipped (them) before (them), and We shall surely pay them their dues in full, undiminished
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
So be not in doubt (O Muhammad SAW) as to what these (pagans and polytheists) men worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them). And verily, We shall repay them in full their portion without diminution

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
So be thou not in doubt concerning what these men serve; they serve only as their fathers served before; and We shall surely pay them in full their portion undiminished
George Sale   
Be not therefore in doubt concerning that which these men worship: They worship not other than what their fathers worshipped before them; and We will surely give them their full portion, not in the least diminished
Edward Henry Palmer   
Be not then in doubt concerning what these men do serve;- they only serve as their fathers served before; and we will give them their portion undiminished
John Medows Rodwell   
Have thou no doubts therefore concerning that which they worship: they worship but what their fathers worshipped before them: we will surely assign them their portion with nothing lacking
N J Dawood (2014)   
Have no doubt as to what they worship; they worship what their fathers worshiped before them. Their deserts We shall requite, undiminished

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Therefore be not in confusion as to what these [people] worship. They only worship as their forefathers worshipped before them. And truly We are going to give them their portion in full without any diminution.
Munir Mezyed   
Now, therefore, do not be in doubt as to that which these (spiritually blind) do worship (& venerate, other than Allâh). They worship what their forefathers had worshiped before. Most surely We shall repay them in full their share undiminished.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
So have no doubt about what these serve: they only worship like their fathers worshipped before, and We will pay them their full share unreduced.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Do not be in doubt about what these people worship. They worship nothing except what their fathers worshiped before them. Truly, We will pay them their due without any deductions.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
So do not regard what these people worship with skepticism. They do not worship except as their fathers used to worship before, and most surely We will pay them their due in full, undiminished.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Do not be in any quandary about what those [people] serve; they only worship as their forefathers worshipped previously. We will repay them their share without omitting anything.
Samy Mahdy   
So do not be within skepticism of what these are worshiping. They are not worshiping except as their parents were worshiped before. And We will fulfill them, their share, not reduced.
Sayyid Qutb   
So be not in doubt about anything which these people worship. They worship only as their fathers worshipped before them. We shall most certainly give them their full due, without any reduction.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Do not fall into doubt by looking at their (apparent act of) worshipping! They are merely worshipping like their forefathers (they are not in servitude to Allah)! Indeed, We will give them what they deserve in full and complete.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
So be not then in doubt as to what these(men)worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before(them), and verily We shall pay them back(in full)their portion undiminished.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Therefore, do not doubt -O Muhammad- the evil outcome of the system of faith and worship these people the -idolaters- follow. They follow but the same system their fathers have adopted before. We will apportion to them their share of punishment commensurate with their evil deeds, a punishment which shall neither be diminished nor be abated
Mir Aneesuddin   
So do not be in doubt concerning that which they worship. They do not worship but in the manner in which their fathers worshipped earlier. And We will certainly pay them back in full their portion without reduction.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the least) abatement
OLD Literal Word for Word   
So (do) not be in doubt as to what worship these (polytheists). Not they worship except as what worshipped their forefathers before. And indeed, We will surely pay them in full their share without being diminished
OLD Transliteration   
Fala taku fee miryatin mimma yaAAbudu haola-i ma yaAAbudoona illa kama yaAAbudu abaohum min qablu wa-inna lamuwaffoohum naseebahum ghayra manqoosin