Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:207

2:207

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْرِى نَفْسَهُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ رَءُوفٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

wamina l-nāsi man yashrī nafsahu ib'tighāa marḍāti l-lahi wal-lahu raūfun bil-ʿibādi

And of the people is he who sells himself, seeking means to the approval of Allāh. And Allāh is Kind to [His] servants.

— Saheeh International

But there is also a kind of man who gives his life away to please God, and God is most compassionate to His servants.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And of mankind is he who would sell himself, seeking the Pleasure of Allâh. And Allâh is full of Kindness to (His) slaves.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
مَنman(is the one) who
يَشْرِىyashrīsells
نَفْسَهُnafsahuhis own self
ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
مَرْضَاتِmarḍātipleasure
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
رَءُوفٌۢraūfun(is) full of Kindness
بِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādito His servants