English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
The reward of goodness is nothing but goodness.
English - Five Volume Translation
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness.
Commentary:
How adequately and beautifully the blessings of Paradise have been summed up in this brief verse! The word "goodness" is inclusive and fully expressive of all the conceivable favours that will be bestowed upon believers in the next life, and what greater good there could be than the pleasure of God (رضوان اللّٰه) which believers will get in Paradise. (3:16)
According to a saying of the Holy Prophet, أحسان means, "worship God as if you are seeing Him or at least He is seeing you" (Mishkat). This means that in all his deeds and actions God is constantly before the eyes of a believer and as a reward for his actions he receives God’s pleasure—the sum total of all the blessings of Heaven.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?
Ihsan means to worship God as if the worshipper is seeing Him, or at least God is seeing the worshipper (Bukhari). This means that in all his deeds and actions God is constantly before the eyes of a believer and as a reward he receives God’s pleasure—the sum total of all the blessings of Heaven.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
کیا احسان کی جزا احسان کے سوا بھی ہوسکتی ہے؟
French
La récompense de la bonté peut-elle être autre chose que de la bonté ?
German
Kann der Lohn für Güte anderes sein als Güte?
Italian
Può la ricompensa per la bontà essere altra che la bontà stessa?
Spanish
¿Puede acaso recompensarse el favor por algo que no sea favor?
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
کیا احسان کی جزا احسان کے سوا کچھ اور بھی ہو سکتی ہے؟
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
نیکی کا بدلہ نیکی کے سوا اور کیا ہو سکتا ہے
English - Sahih
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
نیکی کا بدلہ نیکی کے سوا اور کیا ہے
English - Talal Itani
Is (the) reward for the good but good?
English - Arberry
Shall the recompense of goodness be other than goodness?
English - Maududi
Can the reward of goodness be any other than goodness?
English - Ahmed Ali
Should the reward of goodness be aught else but goodness? --
English - Yusuf Ali
Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?
English - Five Volume Commentary *
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Commentary:
How adequately and beautifully the blessings of Paradise have been summed up in this brief verse! The word "goodness" is inclusive and fully expressive of all the conceivable favours that will be bestowed upon believers in the next life, and what greater good there could be than the pleasure of God (رضوان اللّٰه) which believers will get in Paradise. (3:16)
According to a saying of the Holy Prophet, أحسان means, "worship God as if you are seeing Him or at least He is seeing you" (Mishkat). This means that in all his deeds and actions God is constantly before the eyes of a believer and as a reward for his actions he receives God’s pleasure—the sum total of all the blessings of Heaven.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
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Ihsan means to worship God as if the worshipper is seeing Him, or at least God is seeing the worshipper (Bukhari). This means that in all his deeds and actions God is constantly before the eyes of a believer and as a reward he receives God’s pleasure—the sum total of all the blessings of Heaven.
English - Pickthall
Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?
English - Muhammad Ali ra
Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
Can the reward of goodness be anything but goodness?