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AYAH al-Anfal 8:53 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيم zoom
Transliteration Thalika bi-anna Allaha lam yaku mughayyiran niAAmatan anAAamaha AAala qawmin hatta yughayyiroo ma bi-anfusihim waanna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleemun zoom
Transliteration-2 dhālika bi-anna l-laha lam yaku mughayyiran niʿ'matan anʿamahā ʿalā qawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā bi-anfusihim wa-anna l-laha samīʿun ʿalīmu zoom
Word for Word
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 That (is) because Allah not is One Who changes a favor which He had bestowed on a people until they change what (is) in themselves. And indeed, Allah (is) All-Hearing, All-Knowing. zoom


Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad This, because God would never change the blessings with which He has graced a people unless they change their inner selves: and [know] that God is all-hearing, all-seeing zoom
M. M. Pickthall That is because Allah never changeth the grace He hath bestowed on any people until they first change that which is in their hearts, and (that is) because Allah is Hearer, Knower zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) "Because Allah will never change the grace which He hath bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: and verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)." zoom
Shakir This is because Allah has never changed a favor which He has conferred upon a people until they change their own condition; and because Allah is Hearing, Knowing zoom
Wahiduddin Khan God would never withdraw a favour that He had conferred upon a people unless they change what is in their hearts. God is all hearing and all-knowing zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Know that God will never be One Who Causes to Alter a divine blessing when He was gracious to a folk unless they first alter what is within themselves. And, truly, God is Hearing, Knowing. zoom
T.B.Irving That is because God is no One to alter any favor He has granted a folk unless they alter what they themselves have. God is Alert, Aware. zoom
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab This is because Allah would never discontinue His favour to a people until they discontinue their faith. Surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. zoom
Safi Kaskas God never stops dispensing His grace to people unless their souls' rebel. God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. zoom
Abdul Hye That is because Allah will never change a grace which He has bestowed on a people until they themselves change what is in their own selves. Surely, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. zoom
The Study Quran That is because God never changes a blessing by which He blesses a people until they change what is in themselves, and because God is Hearing, Knowing zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) That is because God was not to change anything He bestowed to a people, unless they change what is in themselves. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable zoom
Abdel Haleem [He did] this because God would never change a favour He had conferred on a people unless they changed what was within themselves. God is all hearing, all knowing zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi This, because Allah is not one to change His favour wherewith He hath favoured a people until they have changed that which is in themselves; and verily Allah is Hearing, Knowing zoom
Ahmed Ali God does not withdraw a favour bestowed upon a people unless they change themselves, for God hears all and knows everything zoom
Aisha Bewley That is because Allah would never change a blessing He has conferred on a people until they had changed what was in themselves. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. zoom
Ali Ünal That (happened so) because God never changes a favor that He has bestowed upon a people unless they change what is in themselves (their belief, life-style, world-view, and devotion to God’s laws embodied in religion and in the creation, life and operation of the universe). And God is indeed All-Hearing, All-Knowing zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i That is because Allah never changes a blessing that He has bestowed on a people unless they change what is in their own souls, and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing zoom
Hamid S. Aziz That is because Allah is not one to change the favour He has bestowed on a people, until they first change what they have in themselves (in their own souls), and because Allah is Hearer and Knower zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali That is for that Allah is not changing (His) favor that He conferred (Literally: favored) on a people until they have changed what is within themselves; and that Allah is Ever-Hearing, Ever-Knowing zoom
Muhammad Sarwar God does not change the favor that He has bestowed on a nation unless that nation changes what is in its soul. God is All-hearing and All-knowing zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani All this is because Allah is not the one who may change a favour He has conferred on a people unless they change their own condition, and that Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing zoom
Shabbir Ahmed Allah never changes a Blessing He has bestowed upon a nation until they first change themselves (13:11). The Hearer, the Knower, announces this Law to you zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed "Because Allah will never change the grace which He has given to a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: And surely Allah is All Hearing (Sami’), All Knowing (Aleem zoom
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) That is because Allah would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing zoom
Farook Malik That is because Allah has never changed the blessings which He has bestowed on a people until they themselves changed the condition of their souls; verily Allah hears all and knows all zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey This is because Allah never revokes the blessings He bestows upon a people unless they change their inner selves _ (their attitudes and actions). Surely, Allah hears all, and knows all zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar This is so because Allah did not become One Who removes a grace which He has bestowed to a nation unless they (i.e., the members of a nation) change what is (good) in their ownselves, — and that Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower zoom
Talal A. Itani (new translation) That is because God would never change a blessing He has bestowed on a people unless they change what is within themselves, and because God is Hearing and Knowing zoom
Maududi This happened because Allah is not one to change the favour which He has bestowed upon a people until they have changed their attitude., Surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing zoom
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad That is because God was not to change a favor that He granted a group until they change themselves. God hears all and knows all zoom
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) “And God will never change the favor which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in themselves, and indeed God is He Who hears and knows all things. zoom
Musharraf Hussain That is because Allah does not change a favour that He bestowed on a people until they change what is within themselves; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing. zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) That is because God was not to change any blessing He bestowed upon a people, unless they change what is in themselves. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable. zoom
Mohammad Shafi That was because Allah has never changed a favour which He has conferred upon a people until they themselves become responsible for any change in it. And because Allah listens, knows zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian This took place in accordance the Lord’s tradition: God does not take His favors back from people, unless they [change their way of life and] prove that they do not deserve such favors. God sees everything and knows everything zoom
Faridul Haque This is because Allah does not change the favour He has bestowed upon any people until they first change themselves, and indeed Allah is All Hearing, All Knowing zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah This is because Allah would never change His favor that He bestowed upon a nation until they change what is in their hearts. Allah is Hearing, Knowing zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali This is because Allah never changes a favour which He has conferred upon a people until they change their own condition -- and because Allah is Hearing, Knowing - zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira That (is) with that God is/was not changing a blessing/goodness He blessed/comforted and eased it on a nation, until they change what (is) with themselves, and that God (is) hearing/listening, knowledgeable zoom
Sher Ali That is because ALLAH would never change a favour that HE has conferred upon a people until they change their own condition, and know that ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing zoom
Rashad Khalifa GOD does not change a blessing He has bestowed upon any people unless they themselves decide to change. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient. zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) This is so because Allah does not change the favour that He has conferred upon a people, until they change themselves; and verily Allah Hears, Knows. zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar It happened thus because Allah is One Who would never withdraw a favour which He has conferred on a people until they themselves change their own state of mind, and that is because Allah is (all the same) All-Hearing, All-Knowing zoom
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri This (torment) is because Allah never changes any blessing that He grants affluently to some people till they change their blessed state themselves (i.e., when they commit ingratitude, disobedience and sins and even lose the sense of loss, they are seized by destruction and devastation). And Allah is indeed All-Hearing, All-Knowing zoom
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali That is so because Allah will never change a grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in their ownselves. And verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry That is because God would never change His favour that He conferred on a people until they changed what was within themselves; and that God is All-hearing, All-knowing zoom
Edward Henry Palmer That is because God is not one to change a favour He has favoured a people with, until they change what they have in themselves, and for that God both hears and knows zoom
George Sale This hath come to pass because God changeth not his grace, wherewith He hath favoured any people, until they change that which is in their souls; and for that God both heareth and seeth zoom
John Medows Rodwell This, because God changeth not the favour with which he favoureth a people, so long as they change not what is in their hearts; and for that God Heareth, Knoweth zoom
N J Dawood (2014) God does not change the blessings He has bestowed upon a people until they change what is in their hearts. And God hears all and knows all zoom

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto Allah will never change the grace that He has bestowed upon a people until they themselves change what is in their souls. Truly, Allah is All-hearing, the All-knowing. zoom
Sayyid Qutb This is because God would never alter the favours He bestows on a community unless they change what is in their hearts. God hears all and knows all. zoom
Ahmed Hulusi Thus it is... Allah would not change His blessing upon a people (from their essence) until they change what is within themselves! Allah is the Sami, the Aleem. zoom
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli That is because Allah does not change a blessing He has bestowed on a people unless they change what is in their own selves, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing zoom
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim This reasoning is based on Allah's justified course of action adopted as an expedient. He never withdraws nor changes His merited or unmerited favour He graced a given nation with until they change their own minds' attitude and the disposition of their innermost being, Allah is indeed Sami'un (with unlimited audition), and 'Alimun zoom
Mir Aneesuddin That is because Allah does not change the grace with which He has favoured a people until they change that which is in their souls and because Allah is Hearing, Knowing. zoom

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