Al-Baqara 2:141
The Cow · ayah 141 of 286
تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌۭ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Tilka ommatun qad khalat laha makasabat walakum ma kasabtum wala tus-aloona AAammakanoo yaAAmaloon
"That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"That community passed away: what they earned belongs to them, and what you earn belongs to you. You will not be answerable for their deeds."
Pickthall (classic)+
"Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they earned and yours that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no question in your case:"