مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًاۚ إِلَيۡهِ يَصۡعَدُ ٱلۡكَلِمُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ وَٱلۡعَمَلُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُ يَرۡفَعُهُۥۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَمۡكُرُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞۖ وَمَكۡرُ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُوَ يَبُورُ ١٠
Man kāna yurīdul-ʿizzata falillāhil-ʿizzatu jamīʿā, ilayhi yaṣʿadul-kalimuṭ-ṭayyibu wal-ʿamaluṣ-ṣāliḥu yarfaʿuh, wal-ladhīna yamkurūnas-sayyiʾāti lahum ʿadhābun shadīd, wa makru ulāʾika huwa yabūr.
Whoever desires honor [through power] - then to Allāh belongs all honor.1 To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it.2 But they who plot evil deeds will have a severe punishment, and the plotting of those - it will perish.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- See footnote to 4:139.
- For acceptance by Allāh, meaning that righteous deeds are confirmation and proof of what is uttered by the tongue.