Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[And thus it is with most men-] save those who are patient in adversity and do righteous deeds: it is they whom forgiveness of sins awaits, and a great reward
M. M. Pickthall
Save those who persevere and do good works. Theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work righteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins) and a great reward
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
except those who patiently endure and do good. It is they who will have forgiveness and a mighty reward.
Safi Kaskas
Except for those who are patient in hard times and do righteous deeds: forgiveness of sins awaits them and a great reward.
Wahiduddin Khan
Not so those who are patient and do good deeds. They shall have forgiveness and a great reward
Shakir
Except those who are patient and do good, they shall have forgiveness and a great reward
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
But those who endured patiently and did as the ones in accord with morality, those, for them is forgiveness and a great compensation.
T.B.Irving
except for the ones who act patiently and perform honorable deeds; those will have forgiveness a big wage.
Abdul Hye
Except those who show patience and do righteous good deeds, those will have their forgiveness and a great reward.
The Study Quran
save those who are patient and perform righteous deeds; it is they for whom there shall be forgiveness and a great reward
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds—for them is forgiveness and a great reward.
Talal Itani (2012)
Except those who are patient and do good deeds—these will have forgiveness and a great reward
Dr. Kamal Omar
except those who remained perseverant and did righteous deeds, those: for them is forgiveness and a great reward
The exception is for those people who are steadfast and do good deeds; they are the ones who will have forgiveness and a great reward
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Except the ones who (endure) patiently and do deeds of righteousness; those will have forgiveness and a great reward
Muhammad Sarwar
But those who exercise patience and do good works do not behave as such. They will receive forgiveness and a great reward (from the Lord)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
except those who are patient and do good deeds. Such people will have Allah‘s forgiveness and a great reward
Shabbir Ahmed
But those who are steadfast in adversity and prosperity, and work to improve the quality of life for all, behave positively. For them is the protection of forgiveness and a great reward
Dr. Munir Munshey
But those who are steadfast and do good deeds (do not boast); theirs shall be the forgiveness and a tremendous reward
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Except those who show patience and constancy do not act thus, and (they) work righteousness; (For) those, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward (Paradise)
Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Except for those who are patient and do good work; these will have a pardon, and a great reward
Abdel Haleem
Not so those who are steadfast and do good deeds: they will have forgiveness and a great reward
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Not so are those who persevere and do righteous works. Those! theirs shall be forgivness and a great hire
Ahmed Ali
Except those who endure with patience and do the right, who will have pardon and a great reward
Aisha Bewley
except for those who are steadfast and do right actions. They will receive forgiveness and a large reward.
Ali Ünal
Except those who are persevering and patient (neither despairing in affliction, nor exultant and self-glorifying in success), and do good, righteous deeds; it is they for whom is forgiveness and a great reward
Ali Quli Qara'i
excepting those who are patient and do righteous deeds. For such there will be forgiveness and a great reward
Hamid S. Aziz
Save those who are patient and do right; these, for them is pardon and a mighty reward
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Except those who persevered and did good, they have forgiveness and a great reward.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work righteousness, for them is forgiveness and a great reward
Musharraf Hussain
all except the patient and those who perform good works; they’ll have forgiveness and a great reward
Maududi
except those who are patient and act righteously. Such shall have Allah's forgiveness and a great reward.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Except for those who are patient and do good works; these will have a pardon, and a great reward.
Mohammad Shafi
But not those who are patient and do good deeds. For them shall there be forgiveness and a great reward
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
But those who remained patient and did good deeds: for them is forgiveness and a great reward.
As for those who steadfastly persevere, and lead a righteous life, they deserve forgiveness and a generous recompense.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
except those who are patient and do good deeds, for them awaits forgiveness and a mighty wage
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Except those who are patient and do good. For them is forgiveness and a great reward
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Except those who were patient, and made/did the correct/righteous deeds , those for them (is) a forgiveness and (a) big/great wage/reward
Bijan Moeinian
Only those are free from such vices that show patience and do good deeds. These are the ones who are entitled to My forgiveness and a great reward
Faridul Haque
Except those who patiently endured and did good deeds; for them is forgiveness, and a great reward
Sher Ali
Save those who are steadfast and do good works. It is they who have forgiveness and a great reward
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Except for those who remain steadfast and continue doing pious deeds. For them is forgiveness and great reward
Amatul Rahman Omar
Such, however, is not the case with those who steadfastly persevere (in virtues) and do deeds of righteousness. It is these for whom there awaits protection and a great reward
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Except those who show patience and do righteous good deeds, those: theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward (Paradise)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Excepted are those who exercise patience and act righteous deeds. They are the ones for whom there will be forgiveness and a great reward.
Munir Mezyed
Except those who cling to patience and strive to do righteous acts: for them is forgiveness and a great award.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Except those who are patient and do good work, for those is forgiveness and a great reward.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
except for those who have been patient and have done righteous deeds; for those there is forgiveness and a supreme reward.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The exception is those who are patient and live righteously. For them are forgiveness and a great reward.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
except for the ones who act patiently and perform honorable deeds; those will have forgiveness and a big wage.
Samy Mahdy
Except those who were patient and worked the righteous deeds, those for them forgiveness and a great wage.
Sayyid Qutb
Not so are the ones who are patient in adversity and do righteous deeds. They shall have forgiveness and a great reward.
Thomas Cleary
God initiates creation, then repeats it; then to God you are returned.
Ahmed Hulusi
Those who are patient and engage in beneficial deeds are excepted. There is forgiveness and great reward for them.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Except those who are patient and constant, and do deeds of righteousness; for them is forgiveness and a great reward.
Such an attitude is never adopted by those who exercise patience and imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety. Such persons are the recipients of Allah's mercy and forgiveness and deserve a great reward
Mir Aneesuddin
except those who are patient and do righteous works; those are the persons for whom there is protective forgiveness and a great reward.
The Wise Quran
Except those who are patient and do good works; those, for them is forgiveness and a great reward.