كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

[On the Day of Judgment,] every human being will be held in pledge for whatever [evil] he has wrought –

Arthur John Arberry

Every soul shall be pledged for what it has earned

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds

Arabic

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِینَةٌ ۝٣٨

Transliteration (2021)

kullu nafsin bimā kasabat rahīnatu