IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir Collection for
al-Mudathir 74:6
Muhammad Asad
And do not through giving seek thyself to gain
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺.
Safi Kaskas
Do not give out of a desire for gain.
Arabic
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِر
Transliteration
Wal
a
tamnun tastakthir
u
Transliteration-2
walā tamnun tastakthir
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
And (do) not confer favor (to) acquire more,
Muhammad Asad
And do not through giving seek thyself to gain
M. M. Pickthall
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)
Shakir
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase
Wahiduddin Khan
do not bestow a favour in the expectation of receiving more in return
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And reproach not others to acquire more for yourself.
T.B.Irving
Do not give so much away that you must ask for more;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺.
Safi Kaskas
Do not give out of a desire for gain.
Abdul Hye
and don’t give a thing to have more (obey Allah not as a Favor to Him)
The Study Quran
Grant not favor, seeking gain
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And do not give expecting something in return
Abdel Haleem
do not be overwhelmed and weaken
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And bestow not favour that thou mayest receive more
Ahmed Ali
Do not bestow favours in expectation of return
Aisha Bewley
Do not give out of a desire for gain.
Ali Ünal
Do not consider your fulfillment of these orders as a kindness (to God and people)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Do not grant a favour seeking a greater gain
Hamid S. Aziz
And bestow not favours that you may receive again with increase
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And be not bountiful, (hoping) to gain more
Muhammad Sarwar
and do not think that by doing such deeds, you have done a great favor to God
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and do not do a favour (to anyone merely) to seek more (in return)
Shabbir Ahmed
And give your wealth and person selflessly (30:39), (76:9)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And do not expect, in giving (the warning), any gain (for yourself)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And do not confer favor to acquire mor
Farook Malik
do not favor others to expect a gain
Dr. Munir Munshey
Do not seek worldly gains (in return) for favors done
Dr. Kamal Omar
And bestow not favours (on some one with expectations that) you get extra (reward in return)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
And show no favor seeking gain
Maududi
and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and do not do favor to ask for mor
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Nor expect from giving, any increase
Musharraf Hussain
Don’t expect any gains in return for the favours you do,
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And do not give for a return.
Mohammad Shafi
And expect no [material] gain [for your own self]
Bijan Moeinian
Worship your Lord for the sake of glorifying Him; and out of love and not just in account of expecting things in return. Your worshipping is not a favor that you do for God
Faridul Haque
And do not favour others in order to receive more
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Do not give, thinking to gain greate
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And do no favour seeking gain
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And do not do a favour and remind of it doing much (repeatedly)
Sher Ali
And bestow not favours seeking to get more in return
Rashad Khalifa
Be content with your lot.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And bestow not favours to anyone seeking increase;
Amatul Rahman Omar
And bestow no favour seeking to get more (in return)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And do not do a favour (to anyone with the purpose of) seeking more from him
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of Allahs obedience as a favour to Allah)
Arthur John Arberry
Give not, thinking to gain greate
Edward Henry Palmer
And grant not favours to gain increase
George Sale
And be not liberal, in hopes to receive more in return
John Medows Rodwell
And bestow not favours that thou mayest receive again with increase
N J Dawood (2014)
Bestow no favours expecting gain
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Do not expect anything in return for your giving,…
Ahmed Hulusi
And do not engage in good to acquire more (with greed)!
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Do not give, expecting to take more than what you have given
Mir Aneesuddin
and do not bestow favour (with the intention of) receiving more (in return)
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)
OLD Literal
Word for Word
And (do) not confer favor (to) acquire more
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