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Muhammad Asad   
and responds unto all who attain to faith and do righteous deeds; and [it is He who, in the life to come,] will give them, out of His bounty, far more [than they will have deserved], whereas for the deniers of the truth there is [but] suffering severe in store
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
He responds to those who believe and do good, and increases their reward out of His grace. As for the disbelievers, they will suffer a severe punishment.
Safi Kaskas   
He answers those who have believed and done good deeds and increases for them out of His grace. But the unbelievers will have a severe punishment.

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Arabic   
وَیَسۡتَجِیبُ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَیَزِیدُهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦۚ وَٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ شَدِیدࣱ ۝٢٦
Transliteration (2021)   
wayastajību alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti wayazīduhum min faḍlihi wal-kāfirūna lahum ʿadhābun shadīdu
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds and increases (for) them from His Bounty. And the disbelievers - for them (will be) a punishment severe.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and responds unto all who attain to faith and do righteous deeds; and [it is He who, in the life to come,] will give them, out of His bounty, far more [than they will have deserved], whereas for the deniers of the truth there is [but] suffering severe in store
M. M. Pickthall   
And accepteth those who do good works, and giveth increase unto them of His bounty. And as for disbelievers, theirs will be an awful doom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And He listens to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, and gives them increase of His Bounty: but for the Unbelievers their is a terrible Penalty
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
He responds to those who believe and do good, and increases their reward out of His grace. As for the disbelievers, they will suffer a severe punishment.
Safi Kaskas   
He answers those who have believed and done good deeds and increases for them out of His grace. But the unbelievers will have a severe punishment.
Wahiduddin Khan   
He responds to those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more of His bounty; agonizing torment awaits the deniers of the truth
Shakir   
And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more out of His grace; and (as for) the unbelievers, they shall have a severe punishment
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And He responds to those who believed and did as the ones in accord with morality, and increases them of His grace. And as for the ones who are ungrateful, theirs will be a severe punishment.
T.B.Irving   
and adds even more for them out of His bounty, while disbelievers will have severe torment.
Abdul Hye   
And He answers those who believe, do righteous deeds, and gives them increase of His Bounty. As for the disbelievers, there will be a severe punishment.
The Study Quran   
He responds to those who believe and perform righteous deeds, and will increase them from His Bounty. Yet as for the disbelievers, theirs shall be a severe punishment
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
He answers those who believe and perform righteous deeds, and increases them from His bounty. But the unbelievers will suffer a harsh punishment.
Talal Itani (2012)   
And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them of His grace. But the disbelievers will suffer a terrible punishment
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And He responds to the invokation of those who have Believed and have done righteous deeds, and increases them (in possessions) out of His Bounty. And the disbelievers: for them (awaits) a severe torment
M. Farook Malik   
He answers the prayers of those who believe and do good deeds and gives them even more out of His bounty. As for the unbelievers, they shall have severe punishment
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And He responds (to) the ones who have believed and done deeds of righteousness, and He gives them increase of His Grace. And the disbelievers will have a strict torment
Muhammad Sarwar   
He answers the prayers of the righteously striving believers and grants them increasing favors. The unbelievers will suffer a severe punishment
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And He responds to (the prayer of) those who believe and do righteous deeds, and gives them more out of His grace. As for the disbelievers, for them there is a severe punishment
Shabbir Ahmed   
And accepts all those who attain belief and help others, and He gives them a far exceeding reward from His bounty. But for those who adamantly deny the Truth and choose to stay in darkness, is a severe retribution
Dr. Munir Munshey   
He answers the prayers of those who believe and act righteously. In fact, by His grace He grants them far in excess (of what they seek). As for the unbelievers, theirs is the severe punishment
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And He hears those who believe and act righteously, and gives them increase of His Bounty: And as for the unbelievers there is a terrible penalty
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And He answers [the supplication of] those who have believed and done righteous deeds and increases [for] them from His bounty. But the disbelievers will have a severe punishment
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And those that believe and do good works respond to Him, and He increases for them His blessings. As for the rejecters, they have incurred a severe retribution
Abdel Haleem   
He responds to those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more of His bounty; agonizing torment awaits the disbelievers
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And He answereth those who believe and work righteous works and increaseth Unto them of His grace. And the infidels! theirs shall be a severe torment
Ahmed Ali   
He answers (the prayers) of those who believe and do good, and gives them more of His bounty. But for the unbelievers there is severe punishment
Aisha Bewley   
He responds to those who have iman and do right actions and gives them increase from His favour. But the kafirun will have a harsh punishment.
Ali Ünal   
He responds with acceptance to (the worship and supplication of) those who believe and do good, righteous deeds, and grants them more out of His bounty (than they asked for). However, as to the unbelievers, for them is a severe punishment
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And He answers those who have faith and do righteous deeds and enhances them out of His grace. But as for the faithless, there is a severe punishment for them
Hamid S. Aziz   
And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives increase unto them of His bounty; and as for the unbelievers, they shall have a severe punishment
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And He answers those who believe and do good, and He gives them more from His grace (and bounty), and the disbelievers will have a severe punishment.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And He listens to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, and gives them increase from His bounty, but for the unbelievers, theirs is a terrible penalty
Musharraf Hussain   
answers the righteous believers, and increases His bounty for them. But for the disbelievers there is a severe punishment
Maududi   
and answers the prayers of those who believe and do good deeds and bestows upon them even more out of His Bounty. As for those who deny (the Truth), a grievous chastisement awaits them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And those that believe and do good works respond to Him, and He increases for them His blessings. As for the rejecters, they have incurred a severe retribution
Mohammad Shafi   
And He responds to those who believe and do righteous deeds, and He gives them more out of His Grace. And a rigorous punishment awaits those that suppress the Truth

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And He responds to those who have believed and have done good deeds and gives them more reward out of His grace. And for the infidels there is a severe torment.
Rashad Khalifa   
Responding to Him are those who believe and lead a righteous life. He will shower them with His blessings. As for the disbelievers, they have incurred a severe retribution.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them from His bounty. But for the unbelievers there is a terrible punishment
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more out of His grace. And for the disbelievers is a severe chastisement
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And He answers/replies to those who believed and made/did the correct/righteous deeds, and He increases them from His grace/favour/blessing; and the disbelievers, for them (is) a strong (severe) torture
Bijan Moeinian   
God accepts the prayers of the believers who do good deeds and showers them with His blessings. As for the disbelievers, an awful destiny is in reserve for them
Faridul Haque   
And He accepts the prayers of those who accept faith and do good deeds, and gives them a greater reward by His munificence; and for the disbelievers is a severe punishment
Sher Ali   
And HE accepts the prayers of those who believe and do good works, and gives them more than their due reward, out of HIS grace; and the disbelievers will have a severe punishment
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And He grants the prayers of those who believe and keep doing pious works, and gives them of His bounty more (than they pray for). But there is severe punishment for those who do not believe
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And He responds to the prayers of those who believe and (accordingly) do deeds of righteousness and gives them (even) more (than they pray for) through His grace and bounty. As for the disbelievers there awaits them a severe punishmen
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And He answers (the invocation of) those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and gives them increase of His Bounty. And as for the disbelievers, theirs will be a severe torment

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
And He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds, and He gives them increase of His bounty. And the unbelievers -- for them awaits a terrible chastisement
George Sale   
He will incline his ear unto those who believe and work righteousness, and will add unto them above what they shall ask or deserve, of his bounty: But the unbelievers shall suffer a severe punishment
Edward Henry Palmer   
And He answers the prayer of those who believe and do right, and gives them increase of His grace; but the misbelievers,- for them is keen torment
John Medows Rodwell   
And to those who believe and do the things that are right will he hearken, and augment his bounties to them: but the unbelievers doth a terrible punishment await
N J Dawood (2014)   
And He answers those who believe and do good works, and enriches them through His bounty. But grievous punishment awaits the unbelievers

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And He responds to those who believe and do righteous deeds and He gives them increase from His favor and as for the disbelievers, there would be for them a formidable punishment.
Munir Mezyed   
And He responds to those who live by Faith and strive to do righteous acts (in this worldly life). He will give them more out of His (Infinite) Grace. But for those who have no tendency to live by Faith, there is a vehement punishment.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And He responds to those who believe and do good work and increases them of His favours, and for those who reject (the truth) is a severe punishment.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
He listens to those who believe and perform righteous deeds. He gives them increase of His bounty. For the unbelievers, there is a terrible penalty.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
and He responds (to) those who have attained faith and have done righteous deeds, and He increases them of His grace. But for the deniers is a severe punishment.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
And He answers [the supplication of] those who have believed and done righteous deeds and adds even more for them out of His bounty, while disbelievers will have severe torment.
Samy Mahdy   
And He answers those who believed and worked the righteous deeds, and He increases them among His bounty. And the infidels for them are a severe torment.
Ahmed Hulusi   
And He responds to the believers who fulfill the requisites of faith and increases (His blessings for them) with His bounty! As for those who deny the knowledge of the reality, there is severe suffering for them.
Mir Aneesuddin   
And He responds to those who believe and do righteous works and He gives them more out of His grace; and the infidels, for them there is a severe punishment.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
He grants the prayer and fulfills the wish of those whose hearts reflect, the image of religious and spiritual virtues and their deeds wisdom and piety Moreover a provision of His bounty is made for the augmentation of what accords to their request with circumspection. But those who deny Him shall be put to the torment
The Wise Quran   
And He answers those who believe and do good works, and gives them increase of His grace; and the disbelievers, for them is severe punishment.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And He listens to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, and gives them increase of His Bounty: but for the Unbelievers their is a terrible Penalty
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds and increases (for) them from His Bounty. And the disbelievers - for them (will be) a punishment severe
OLD Transliteration   
Wayastajeebu allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati wayazeeduhum min fadlihi waalkafiroona lahum AAathabun shadeedun