Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:6

29:6

وَمَن جَـٰهَدَ فَإِنَّمَا يُجَـٰهِدُ لِنَفْسِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

waman jāhada fa-innamā yujāhidu linafsihi inna l-laha laghaniyyun ʿani l-ʿālamīna

And whoever strives only strives for [the benefit of] himself. Indeed, Allāh is Free from need of the worlds.

— Saheeh International

Those who exert themselves do so for their own benefit––God does not need His creatures––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And whosoever strives, he strives only for himself. Verily, Allâh stands not in need of any of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn, and all that exists).

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

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Word by Word

وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
جَـٰهَدَjāhadastrives
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يُجَـٰهِدُyujāhiduhe strives
لِنَفْسِهِۦٓۚlinafsihifor himself
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَغَنِىٌّlaghaniyyun(is) Free from need
عَنِʿaniof
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds