Sura 4: Al-Nesa' (The Women) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[4:1] O people, observe your Lord; the One who created you from one being, and created from it its mate, then spread from the two many men and women. You shall regard GOD, by whom you swear, and regard the parents. GOD is watching over you.*

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūObserve [you all]رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lordٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumHe created you [all]مِّنminfromنَّفْسٍnafsina beingوَٰحِدَةٍwāḥidatinsingleوَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand He createdمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itزَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mateوَبَثَّwabathaand He dispersedمِنْهُمَاmin'humāfrom both of themرِجَالًاrijālanmenكَثِيرًاkathīranmanyوَنِسَآءًwanisāanand women.وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd regard [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,ٱلَّذِىalladhī(by) the One whoتَسَآءَلُونَtasāalūnayou [all] swearبِهِۦbihiby Him,وَٱلْأَرْحَامَwal-arḥāmaand the blood relationships / parents.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaHe isعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]رَقِيبًاraqībanwatcher. ﴿١﴾

*4:1 This is the second longest sura, and the title indicates that it aims at defending the women's rights. Any interpretation must favor the women's rights, not the other way around.

[4:2] You shall hand over to the orphans their rightful properties. Do not substitute the bad for the good, and do not consume their properties by combining them with yours. This would be a gross injustice.

وَءَاتُوا۟waātūAnd give [you all]ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰٓl-yatāmā(to) the orphansأَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealth / properties,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَتَبَدَّلُوا۟tatabaddalū[you all] substituteٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabīthathe badبِٱلطَّيِّبِbil-ṭayibifor the good,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَأْكُلُوٓا۟takulū[you all] consumeأَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealth / propertiesإِلَىٰٓilāwithأَمْوَٰلِكُمْamwālikumyour wealth / properties.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, itكَانَkāna[it] wasحُوبًاḥūbana sin / injustice كَبِيرًاkabīrangreat. ﴿٢﴾

[4:3] If you deem it best for the orphans, you may marry their mothers - you may marry two, three, or four. If you fear lest you become unfair, then you shall be content with only one, or with what you already have. Additionally, you are thus more likely to avoid financial hardship.

وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifخِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou [all] fearedأَلَّاallāthat notتُقْسِطُوا۟tuq'siṭūyou [all] will act justlyفِىfīwithٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰl-yatāmāthe orphans,فَٱنكِحُوا۟fa-inkiḥūthen marry [you all]مَاmāwhat (is)طَابَṭābaagreeable / wholesome / lawful / goodلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women (their mothers)مَثْنَىٰmathnātwo,وَثُلَـٰثَwathulāthaor three,وَرُبَـٰعَwarubāʿaor four.فَإِنْfa-inBut ifخِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou [all] fearedأَلَّاallāthat notتَعْدِلُوا۟taʿdilūyou [all] act justlyفَوَٰحِدَةًfawāḥidatanthen (marry) oneأَوْaworمَاmāwhat*مَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / took [as a wife]*أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands / oaths (*existing wives).ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)أَدْنَىٰٓadnāmore likelyأَلَّاallāthat notتَعُولُوا۟taʿūlūyou [all] impose financial hardship. ﴿٣﴾

*4:3 See Appendix 30 for a detailed discussion of polygamy.

[4:4] You shall give the women their due dowries, equitably. If they willingly forfeit anything, then you may accept it; it is rightfully yours.

وَءَاتُوا۟waātūAnd give [you all]ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe womenصَدُقَـٰتِهِنَّṣaduqātihinnatheir dowriesنِحْلَةًniḥ'latanwillingly / cheerfully.فَإِنfa-inBut ifطِبْنَṭib'nathey [on their own free will] remitلَكُمْlakumto you [all]عَنʿanfromشَىْءٍshayinanythingمِّنْهُmin'huof itنَفْسًاnafsan(on their) own,فَكُلُوهُfakulūhuthen consume it [you all]هَنِيٓـًٔاhanīan(in) satisfactionمَّرِيٓـًٔاmarīan(and) ease. ﴿٤﴾

[4:5] Do not give immature orphans the properties that GOD has entrusted with you as guardians. You shall provide for them therefrom, and clothe them, and treat them kindly.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُؤْتُوا۟tu'tūyou [all] giveٱلسُّفَهَآءَl-sufahāathe immature (orphans)أَمْوَٰلَكُمُamwālakumuyour wealth / propertiesٱلَّتِىallatīwhichجَعَلَjaʿala[He] madeٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]قِيَـٰمًاqiyāmancustodians / guardians وَٱرْزُقُوهُمْwa-ur'zuqūhumbut provide (for) them [you all]فِيهَاfīhāwith itوَٱكْسُوهُمْwa-ik'sūhumand clothe them [you all]وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak [you all]لَهُمْlahumto themقَوْلًاqawlanwordsمَّعْرُوفًاmaʿrūfan(of) kindness. ﴿٥﴾

[4:6] You shall test the orphans when they reach puberty. As soon as you find them mature enough, give them their property. Do not consume it extravagantly in a hurry, before they grow up. The rich guardian shall not charge any wage, but the poor guardian may charge equitably. When you give them their properties, you shall have witnesses. GOD suffices as Reckoner.

وَٱبْتَلُوا۟wa-ib'talūAnd test [you all]ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰl-yatāmāthe orphansحَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhen [in the future]بَلَغُوا۟balaghūthey reachedٱلنِّكَاحَl-nikāḥathe age of marriage (*sexual maturity / puberty),فَإِنْfa-inthen ifءَانَسْتُمānastumyou [all] perceivedمِّنْهُمْmin'humof themرُشْدًاrush'danright minded / matureفَٱدْفَعُوٓا۟fa-id'faʿūthen hand over [you all]إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto themأَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealth.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَأْكُلُوهَآtakulūhāyou [all] consume itإِسْرَافًاis'rāfanextravagantlyوَبِدَارًاwabidāranand hastilyأَنan(before) thatيَكْبَرُوا۟yakbarūthey will grow up.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverكَانَkānahe wasغَنِيًّاghaniyyanrichفَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْfalyastaʿfifthen let him seek to abstain / refrain (from charging a wage),وَمَنwamanand whoeverكَانَkānahe wasفَقِيرًاfaqīranpoorفَلْيَأْكُلْfalyakulthen let him consume (charge for it)بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair manner (*amicably / equitably).فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenدَفَعْتُمْdafaʿtumyou [all] handed overإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto themأَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealthفَأَشْهِدُوا۟fa-ashhidūthen have witness [you all]عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them.وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)حَسِيبًاḥasībana Reckoner. ﴿٦﴾

[4:7] The men get a share of what the parents and the relatives leave behind. The women too shall get a share of what the parents and relatives leave behind. Whether it is a small or a large inheritance, (the women must get) a definite share.

لِّلرِّجَالِlilrrijāliFor the menنَصِيبٌnaṣībuna portionمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكَtarakait was leftٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni(by) [both] the parents,وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَwal-aqrabūnaand the near relativesوَلِلنِّسَآءِwalilnnisāiand for the womenنَصِيبٌnaṣībuna portionمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكَtarakait was leftٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni(by) [both] the parentsوَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَwal-aqrabūnaand the near relativesمِمَّاmimmāof whatقَلَّqallait is littleمِنْهُmin'huof itأَوْaworكَثُرَkathuramuchنَصِيبًاnaṣībana portionمَّفْرُوضًاmafrūḍanobligatory. ﴿٧﴾

[4:8] During distribution of the inheritances, if relatives, orphans, and needy persons are present, you shall give them therefrom, and treat them kindly.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenحَضَرَḥaḍara[it] approached / arrivedٱلْقِسْمَةَl-qis'mata(at) the (time of) divisionأُو۟لُوا۟ulū(of) those who possessٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe relativesوَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphansوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُwal-masākīnuand the needy,فَٱرْزُقُوهُمfa-ur'zuqūhumthen provide them [you all]مِّنْهُmin'hufrom itوَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak [you all]لَهُمْlahumto themقَوْلًاqawlanwordsمَّعْرُوفًاmaʿrūfan(of) kindness. ﴿٨﴾

[4:9] Those who are concerned about their own children, in case they leave them behind, shall observe GOD and be equitable.

وَلْيَخْشَwalyakhshaAnd let [him] (who) fears,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَوْlawifتَرَكُوا۟tarakūthey leftمِنْminfromخَلْفِهِمْkhalfihimafter themذُرِّيَّةًdhurriyyatanchildrenضِعَـٰفًاḍiʿāfanweak,خَافُوا۟khāfūthey feared / worriedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them,فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟falyattaqūso let them observeٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,وَلْيَقُولُوا۟walyaqūlūand let them speakقَوْلًاqawlanwordsسَدِيدًاsadīdanjust / equitable. ﴿٩﴾

[4:10] Those who consume the orphans' properties unjustly, eat fire into their bellies, and will suffer in Hell.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَأْكُلُونَyakulūnathey consumeأَمْوَٰلَamwālawealth / properties (of)ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰl-yatāmāthe orphansظُلْمًاẓul'manunjustly,إِنَّمَاinnamāonlyيَأْكُلُونَyakulūnathey consumeفِىfīinبُطُونِهِمْbuṭūnihimtheir belliesنَارًاnāranfire,وَسَيَصْلَوْنَwasayaṣlawnaand they will burnسَعِيرًاsaʿīran(in) a Blazing Fire / Hell. ﴿١٠﴾

[4:11] GOD decrees a will for the benefit of your children; the male gets twice the share of the female.* If the inheritors are only women, more than two, they get two-thirds of what is bequeathed. If only one daughter is left, she gets one-half. The parents of the deceased get one-sixth of the inheritance each, if the deceased has left any children. If he left no children, and his parents are the only inheritors, the mother gets one-third. If he has siblings, then the mother gets one-sixth. All this, after fulfilling any will* the deceased has left, and after paying off all debts. When it comes to your parents and your children, you do not know which of them is really the best to you and the most beneficial. This is GOD's law. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

يُوصِيكُمُyūṣīkumu[He] instructs / commands you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِىٓfīconcerningأَوْلَـٰدِكُمْawlādikumyour childrenلِلذَّكَرِlildhakarifor the maleمِثْلُmith'lulikeحَظِّḥaẓẓi(the) portion (of)ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two females.فَإِنfa-inBut ifكُنَّkunnathey wereنِسَآءًnisāan(only) womenفَوْقَfawqaover / more (than)ٱثْنَتَيْنِith'nataynitwo [women],فَلَهُنَّfalahunnathen for themثُلُثَاthuluthātwo-thirdsمَاmā(of) whatتَرَكَtarakait was left.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكَانَتْkānatshe wasوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatan(only) one [woman],فَلَهَاfalahāthen for her (is)ٱلنِّصْفُl-niṣ'fu[the] half.وَلِأَبَوَيْهِwali-abawayhiAnd for [both] his parents,لِكُلِّlikullifor eachوَٰحِدٍwāḥidinoneمِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof the twoٱلسُّدُسُl-sudusu[the] one-sixthمِمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكَtarakait was left,إِنinifكَانَkānait wasلَهُۥlahufor him وَلَدٌwaladuna child.فَإِنfa-inBut ifلَّمْlamnotيَكُنyakunhe isلَّهُۥlahufor himوَلَدٌwaladunany childوَوَرِثَهُۥٓwawarithahuand [it] inherited from himأَبَوَاهُabawāhu[both] his parents,فَلِأُمِّهِfali-ummihithen for his mother (is)ٱلثُّلُثُl-thuluthu[the] (one) third.فَإِنfa-inAnd ifكَانَkānathere wereلَهُۥٓlahufor himإِخْوَةٌikh'watunbrothers and sisters,فَلِأُمِّهِfali-ummihithen for his motherٱلسُّدُسُl-sudusu[the] one-sixth,مِنۢmin[from]بَعْدِbaʿdiafterوَصِيَّةٍwaṣiyyatinany willيُوصِىyūṣīhe bequeathsبِهَآbihāin itأَوْaworدَيْنٍdayninany debt.ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumYour parentsوَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْwa-abnāukumand your childrenلَاlānotتَدْرُونَtadrūnayou [all] knowأَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them (is)أَقْرَبُaqrabucloser / nearerلَكُمْlakumto you [all]نَفْعًاnafʿan(in) benefit.فَرِيضَةًfarīḍatanAn obligation / lawمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١١﴾

*4:11 Generally, the son is responsible for a family, while the daughter is taken care of by a husband. However, the Quran recommends in 2:180 that a will shall be left to conform with the specific circumstances of the deceased. For example, if the son is rich and the daughter is poor, one may leave a will giving the daughter everything, or twice as much as the son.

[4:12] You get half of what your wives leave behind, if they had no children. If they had children, you get one-fourth of what they leave. All this, after fulfilling any will they had left, and after paying off all debts. They get one-fourth of what you leave behind, if you had no children. If you had children, they get one-eighth of what you bequeath. All this, after fulfilling any will you had left, and after paying off all debts. If the deceased man or woman was a loner, and leaves two siblings, male or female, each of them gets one-sixth of the inheritance. If there are more siblings, then they equally share one-third of the inheritance. All this, after fulfilling any will, and after paying off all debts, so that no one is hurt. This is a will decreed by GOD. GOD is Omniscient, Clement.

وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you [all] (is)نِصْفُniṣ'fuhalf (of)مَاmāwhatتَرَكَtarakait was left (by)أَزْوَٰجُكُمْazwājukumyour wivesإِنinifلَّمْlamnotيَكُنyakunit isلَّهُنَّlahunnafor themوَلَدٌwaladuna child.فَإِنfa-inBut ifكَانَkānait wasلَهُنَّlahunnafor themوَلَدٌwaladuna child,فَلَكُمُfalakumuthen for you [all] (is)ٱلرُّبُعُl-rubuʿu[the] one-fourthمِمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكْنَtaraknathey left,مِنۢmin[from]بَعْدِbaʿdiafterوَصِيَّةٍwaṣiyyatinany willيُوصِينَyūṣīnathey bequeathبِهَآbihāthereinأَوْaworدَيْنٍdayninany debt.وَلَهُنَّwalahunnaAnd for them (is)ٱلرُّبُعُl-rubuʿu[the] one-fourthمِمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكْتُمْtaraktumyou [all] left,إِنinifلَّمْlamnotيَكُنyakunit isلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]وَلَدٌwaladuna child.فَإِنfa-inBut ifكَانَkānait wasلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]وَلَدٌwaladuna child,فَلَهُنَّfalahunnathen for them (is)ٱلثُّمُنُl-thumunu[the] one-eighthمِمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكْتُمtaraktumyou [all] left,مِّنۢmin[from]بَعْدِbaʿdiafterوَصِيَّةٍwaṣiyyatinany willتُوصُونَtūṣūnayou [all] bequeathبِهَآbihāthereinأَوْaworدَيْنٍdayninany debt.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكَانَkānait wasرَجُلٌrajuluna manيُورَثُyūrathu(whose wealth) it is to be inheritedكَلَـٰلَةًkalālatan(with) no parent or childأَوِawiorٱمْرَأَةٌim'ra-atuna woman (of same state),وَلَهُۥٓwalahuand for him (is)أَخٌakhuna brotherأَوْaworأُخْتٌukh'tuna sister,فَلِكُلِّfalikullithen for eachوَٰحِدٍwāḥidinoneمِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof the twoٱلسُّدُسُl-sudusu[the] one-sixth.فَإِنfa-inBut ifكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey wereأَكْثَرَaktharamoreمِنminthanذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,فَهُمْfahumthen they (are)شُرَكَآءُshurakāupartnersفِىfīinٱلثُّلُثِl-thuluthi[the] one-third,مِنۢmin[from]بَعْدِbaʿdiafterوَصِيَّةٍwaṣiyyatinany willيُوصَىٰyūṣāit is bequeathedبِهَآbihāin itأَوْaworدَيْنٍdayninany debtغَيْرَghayrawithoutمُضَآرٍّmuḍārrin(being) harmful.وَصِيَّةًwaṣiyyatanA decreeمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَلِيمٌḥalīmunClement. ﴿١٢﴾

[4:13] These are GOD's laws. Those who obey GOD and His messenger, He will admit them into gardens with flowing streams, wherein they abide forever. This is the greatest triumph.

تِلْكَtil'kaThese (are)حُدُودُḥudūdu(the) limits / lawsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَمَنwamanand whoeverيُطِعِyuṭiʿi[he] obeysٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His messenger,يُدْخِلْهُyud'khil'huHe will admit himجَنَّـٰتٍjannātin(to) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath themٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streamsخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that (is)ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuthe success / triumphٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmu[the] great. ﴿١٣﴾

[4:14] As for the one who disobeys GOD and His messenger, and transgresses His laws, He will admit him into Hell, wherein he abides forever. He has incurred a shameful retribution.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَعْصِyaʿṣi[he] disobeysٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His messengerوَيَتَعَدَّwayataʿaddaand he transgressesحُدُودَهُۥḥudūdahuHis limits / lawsيُدْخِلْهُyud'khil'huHe will admit himنَارًاnāran(to) Fireخَـٰلِدًاkhālidanabiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.وَلَهُۥwalahuAnd for him (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionمُّهِينٌmuhīnunhumiliating / shameful. ﴿١٤﴾

[4:15] Those who commit adultery among your women, you must have four witnesses against them, from among you. If they do bear witness, then you shall keep such women in their homes until they die, or until GOD creates an exit for them.*

وَٱلَّـٰتِىwa-allātīAnd those whoيَأْتِينَyatīnathey commitٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata[the] immorality / adulteryمِنminfromنِّسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour womenفَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟fa-is'tashhidūthen seek witness(es) [you all]عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaagainst themأَرْبَعَةًarbaʿatanfourمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all].فَإِنfa-inAnd ifشَهِدُوا۟shahidūthey testified / bore witnessفَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen keep them [you all]فِىfīinٱلْبُيُوتِl-buyūtithe houses / homesحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّyatawaffāhunna[it] fulfills themٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] deathأَوْaworيَجْعَلَyajʿala[He] makesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَهُنَّlahunnafor themسَبِيلًاsabīlana way / exit. ﴿١٥﴾

*4:15 A woman witnessed by four people in the act of committing adultery on four different occasions, with four different partners, represents a danger to public health. Such a woman is a depository of germs, and a health quarantine protects the society from her. A good example of an exit that saves a quarantined woman is marriage - someone may wish to marry her, and thus protect her and the society.

[4:16] The couple who commits adultery shall be punished.* If they repent and reform, you shall leave them alone. GOD is Redeemer, Most Merciful.

وَٱلَّذَانِwa-alladhāniAnd the two whoيَأْتِيَـٰنِهَاyatiyānihāthey both commit it (adultery)مِنكُمْminkumamong you [all],فَـَٔاذُوهُمَاfaādhūhumāthen punish both of them [you all].فَإِنfa-inBut ifتَابَاtābāthey both repentedوَأَصْلَحَاwa-aṣlaḥāand both reformed,فَأَعْرِضُوا۟fa-aʿriḍūthen turn away / leave alone [you all]عَنْهُمَآʿanhumāfrom both of them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaHe isتَوَّابًاtawwābanRedeemer,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿١٦﴾

*4:16 Public exposure of the sinners is a major deterrent, as we see in 5:38 and 24:2.

[4:17] Repentance is acceptable by GOD from those who fall in sin out of ignorance, then repent immediately thereafter. GOD redeems them. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyٱلتَّوْبَةُl-tawbatuthe acceptance of repentance / redemptionعَلَىʿalābyٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] doٱلسُّوٓءَl-sūathe evilبِجَهَـٰلَةٍbijahālatinin ignorance,ثُمَّthummathenيَتُوبُونَyatūbūnathey repentمِنminfromقَرِيبٍqarībinsoon after.فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen thoseيَتُوبُyatūbu[He] forgives / redeemsٱللَّهُl-lahu(from) Godعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them,وَكَانَwakānaand [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١٧﴾

[4:18] Not acceptable is the repentance of those who commit sins until death comes to them, then say, "Now I repent." Nor is it acceptable from those who die as disbelievers. For these, we have prepared a painful retribution.

وَلَيْسَتِwalaysatiAnd not [it]ٱلتَّوْبَةُl-tawbatuthe acceptance of repentance / redemptionلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] doٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deedsحَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhenحَضَرَḥaḍara[it] approachedأَحَدَهُمُaḥadahumuone of themٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death,قَالَqālahe said,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, Iتُبْتُtub'tu[I] repentedٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānanow."وَلَاwalāAnd notٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَمُوتُونَyamūtūna[they] dieوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)كُفَّارٌkuffārundisbelievers.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseأَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāwe preparedلَهُمْlahumfor themعَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionأَلِيمًاalīmanpainful. ﴿١٨﴾

[4:19] O you who believe, it is not lawful for you to inherit what the women leave behind, against their will. You shall not force them to give up anything you had given them, unless they commit a proven adultery. You shall treat them nicely. If you dislike them, you may dislike something wherein GOD has placed a lot of good.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlāNotيَحِلُّyaḥilluit is lawfulلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]أَنanthatتَرِثُوا۟tarithūyou [all] inherit (from)ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe womenكَرْهًاkarhan(by) force / unwillingly.وَلَاwalāAnd notتَعْضُلُوهُنَّtaʿḍulūhunnayou [all] unjustly withhold from themلِتَذْهَبُوا۟litadhhabūso that you [all] may takeبِبَعْضِbibaʿḍiin a portionمَآmā(of) whatءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou [all] gave themإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَأْتِينَyatīnathey commitبِفَـٰحِشَةٍbifāḥishatin[in] adulteryمُّبَيِّنَةٍmubayyinatinproven.وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّwaʿāshirūhunnaAnd live with / treat them [you all]بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kind manner (*amicably / equitably).فَإِنfa-inBut ifكَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّkarih'tumūhunnayou [all] disliked them,فَعَسَىٰٓfaʿasāthen perhapsأَنanthatتَكْرَهُوا۟takrahūyou [all] dislikeشَيْـًٔاshayana thingوَيَجْعَلَwayajʿalawhile [He] placesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِيهِfīhiin itخَيْرًاkhayrangoodكَثِيرًاkathīranmuch. ﴿١٩﴾

[4:20] If you wish to marry another wife, in place of your present wife, and you had given any of them a great deal, you shall not take back anything you had given her. Would you take it fraudulently, maliciously, and sinfully?

وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifأَرَدتُّمُaradttumuyou [all] intendedٱسْتِبْدَالَis'tib'dālato seek to replace / changeزَوْجٍzawjina wifeمَّكَانَmakāna(in) placeزَوْجٍzawjin(of) a wifeوَءَاتَيْتُمْwaātaytumand you [all] gaveإِحْدَىٰهُنَّiḥ'dāhunnaone of themقِنطَارًاqinṭāranheap (of gold) / whole lotفَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَأْخُذُوا۟takhudhūyou [all] take (away)مِنْهُmin'hufrom itشَيْـًٔاshayananything.أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥatakhudhūnahuWould you [all] take itبُهْتَـٰنًاbuh'tānan(by) slanderوَإِثْمًاwa-ith'manand a sinمُّبِينًاmubīnanclear / open / obvious? ﴿٢٠﴾

[4:21] How could you take it back, after you have been intimate with each other, and they had taken from you a solemn pledge?

وَكَيْفَwakayfaAnd how (could)تَأْخُذُونَهُۥtakhudhūnahuyou [all] take itوَقَدْwaqadand alreadyأَفْضَىٰafḍā(you were) intimateبَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]*إِلَىٰilāwith*بَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome (*with each other),وَأَخَذْنَwa-akhadhnaand they tookمِنكُمminkumfrom you [all]مِّيثَـٰقًاmīthāqana covenant / pledgeغَلِيظًاghalīẓanstrong / solemn? ﴿٢١﴾

[4:22] Do not marry the women who were previously married to your fathers - existing marriages are exempted and shall not be broken - for it is a gross offense, and an abominable act.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَنكِحُوا۟tankiḥū[you all] marryمَاmāwhomنَكَحَnakaḥa[he] marriedءَابَآؤُكُمābāukumyour fathersمِّنَminaforٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women / wivesإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatقَدْqadalreadyسَلَفَsalafait passed.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed itكَانَkāna[it] wasفَـٰحِشَةًfāḥishatanan immoralityوَمَقْتًاwamaqtanand hateful / abhorrent,وَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evilسَبِيلًاsabīlanway (act). ﴿٢٢﴾

[4:23] Prohibited for you (in marriage) are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, the sisters of your fathers, the sisters of your mothers, the daughters of your brother, the daughters of your sister, your nursing mothers, the girls who nursed from the same woman as you, the mothers of your wives, the daughters of your wives with whom you have consummated the marriage - if the marriage has not been consummated, you may marry the daughter. Also prohibited for you are the women who were married to your genetic sons. Also, you shall not be married to two sisters at the same time - but do not break up existing marriages. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

حُرِّمَتْḥurrimatIt was prohibitedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]:أُمَّهَـٰتُكُمْummahātukumyour mothers,وَبَنَاتُكُمْwabanātukumand your daughters,وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمْwa-akhawātukumand your sisters,وَعَمَّـٰتُكُمْwaʿammātukumand your father's sisters,وَخَـٰلَـٰتُكُمْwakhālātukumand your mother's sisters,وَبَنَاتُwabanātuand daughters (of)ٱلْأَخِl-akhi[the] brother,وَبَنَاتُwabanātuand daughters (of)ٱلْأُخْتِl-ukh'ti[the] sister,وَأُمَّهَـٰتُكُمُwa-ummahātukumuand your mothers -ٱلَّـٰتِىٓallātīthose whomأَرْضَعْنَكُمْarḍaʿnakumnursed you [all],وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمwa-akhawātukumand your sisters -مِّنَminafromٱلرَّضَـٰعَةِl-raḍāʿatithe nursing (mothers),وَأُمَّهَـٰتُwa-ummahātuand mothers (of)نِسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour wives,وَرَبَـٰٓئِبُكُمُwarabāibukumuand your step daughters -ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīthose whomفِىfī(are) inحُجُورِكُمḥujūrikumyour guardianship / careمِّنminofنِّسَآئِكُمُnisāikumuyour women -ٱلَّـٰتِىallātīthose whomدَخَلْتُمdakhaltumyou [all] had intercourse (*consummated the marriage)بِهِنَّbihinnawith them,فَإِنfa-inbut ifلَّمْlamnotتَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou [all] haveدَخَلْتُمdakhaltum[you all] had intercourse (*consummated the marriage)بِهِنَّbihinnawith them,فَلَاfalāthen (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you [all].وَحَلَـٰٓئِلُwaḥalāiluAnd wives (of)أَبْنَآئِكُمُabnāikumuyour sons -ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنْmin(are) fromأَصْلَـٰبِكُمْaṣlābikumyour loins (*genetic).وَأَنwa-anAnd thatتَجْمَعُوا۟tajmaʿūyou [all] gather together*بَيْنَbayna[between]*ٱلْأُخْتَيْنِl-ukh'tayni[the] two sisters (*marry two sisters at the same time)إِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatقَدْqadalreadyسَلَفَsalafait passed.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaHe isغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿٢٣﴾

[4:24] Also prohibited are the women who are already married, unless they flee their disbelieving husbands who are at war with you.* These are GOD's commandments to you. All other categories are permitted for you in marriage, so long as you pay them their due dowries. You shall maintain your morality, by not committing adultery. Thus, whoever you like among them, you shall pay them the dowry decreed for them. You commit no error by mutually agreeing to any adjustments to the dowry. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُwal-muḥ'ṣanātuAnd (prohibited are) the women who are (already) marriedمِنَminaofٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe womenإِلَّاillāexcept / unlessمَاmāwhatمَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / taken [as a wife]*أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands / oaths (*existing wives / women who flee disbelieving husbands seeking asylum during war. See 60:10-12).كِتَـٰبَkitābaDecree / Commandments (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all].وَأُحِلَّwa-uḥillaAnd it was made lawfulلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مَّاmāwhat (is)وَرَآءَwarāabeyondذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat [you all],أَنan[that]تَبْتَغُوا۟tabtaghūyou [all] shall seekبِأَمْوَٰلِكُمbi-amwālikumwith your wealth,مُّحْصِنِينَmuḥ'ṣinīna(as) those who are chasteغَيْرَghayranotمُسَـٰفِحِينَmusāfiḥīnathose who commit adultery.فَمَاfamāSo whatٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمis'tamtaʿtumyou [all] sought to benefit / enjoyبِهِۦbihitherebyمِنْهُنَّmin'hunnafrom them,فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّfaātūhunnaso give them [you all]أُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunnatheir dowriesفَرِيضَةًfarīḍatan(as) an obligation / decreed.وَلَاwalāAnd (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you [all]فِيمَاfīmāconcerning whatتَرَٰضَيْتُمtarāḍaytumyou [all] mutually agreedبِهِۦbihiof itمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafter / beyondٱلْفَرِيضَةِl-farīḍatithe portion / obligation (dowry).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaHe isعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿٢٤﴾

*4:24 If believing women flee their disbelieving husbands who are at war with the believers, they do not have to obtain a divorce before remarriage. See 60:10.

[4:25] Those among you who cannot afford to marry free believing women, may marry believing slave women. GOD knows best about your belief, and you are equal to one another, as far as belief is concerned. You shall obtain permission from their guardians before you marry them, and pay them their due dowry equitably. They shall maintain moral behavior, by not committing adultery, or having secret lovers. Once they are freed through marriage, if they commit adultery, their punishment shall be half of that for the free women.* Marrying a slave shall be a last resort for those unable to wait. To be patient is better for you. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoever (is)لَّمْlamnotيَسْتَطِعْyastaṭiʿ[he] able toمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]طَوْلًاṭawlan(to) affordأَنantoيَنكِحَyankiḥa[he] marryٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِl-muḥ'ṣanātithe free womenٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'minātithe believing womenفَمِنfaminthen (marry) fromمَّاmāwhatمَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / controlled / owned*أَيْمَـٰنُكُمaymānukumyour right hands / oaths (*slaves / servants)مِّنminofفَتَيَـٰتِكُمُfatayātikumuyour full-grown young womenٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'mināti(of) the believing women.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِإِيمَـٰنِكُمbiīmānikumabout your faith,بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]*مِّنۢminof*بَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome other (*you are of one another / you are equal to one another).فَٱنكِحُوهُنَّfa-inkiḥūhunnaSo marry them [you all]بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niwith (the) permission (of)أَهْلِهِنَّahlihinnatheir people / family (guardians)وَءَاتُوهُنَّwaātūhunnaand give them [you all]أُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunnatheir dowriesبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the equitable manner (*amicably / equitably).مُحْصَنَـٰتٍmuḥ'ṣanātin(They should be) those women who are chasteغَيْرَghayranotمُسَـٰفِحَـٰتٍmusāfiḥātinthose women who commit adulteryوَلَاwalāand notمُتَّخِذَٰتِmuttakhidhātithose who takeأَخْدَانٍakhdāninsecret lovers.فَإِذَآfa-idhāThen whenأُحْصِنَّuḥ'ṣinnathey were marriedفَإِنْfa-inand ifأَتَيْنَataynathey committedبِفَـٰحِشَةٍbifāḥishatin[in] adulteryفَعَلَيْهِنَّfaʿalayhinnathen for them (is)نِصْفُniṣ'fuhalf (of)مَاmāwhat (is)عَلَىʿalāforٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِl-muḥ'ṣanātithe free womenمِنَminaofٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)لِمَنْlimanfor whoeverخَشِىَkhashiya[he] fearedٱلْعَنَتَl-ʿanata[the] falling in sinمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all].وَأَنwa-anAnd thatتَصْبِرُوا۟taṣbirūyou [all] are patient (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٢٥﴾

*4:25 This law proves that the punishment for adultery could not possibly be stoning to death as stated in the laws of corrupted Muslims (see 24:2).

[4:26] GOD wills to explain things for you, and to guide you through past precedents, and to redeem you. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

يُرِيدُyurīdu[He] wishesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيُبَيِّنَliyubayyinathat He may clarify / explainلَكُمْlakumto you [all]وَيَهْدِيَكُمْwayahdiyakumand He guides you [all]سُنَنَsunana(to) precedentsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) thoseمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all]وَيَتُوبَwayatūbaand He to accept repentance / redeemعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfrom you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٢٦﴾

[4:27] GOD wishes to redeem you, while those who pursue their lusts wish that you deviate a great deviation.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيُرِيدُyurīdu[He] wishesأَنanthatيَتُوبَyatūbaHe accept repentance / redeemعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfrom you [all],وَيُرِيدُwayurīdubut [he] wishٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow / pursueٱلشَّهَوَٰتِl-shahawātithe lustsأَنanthatتَمِيلُوا۟tamīlūyou [all] deviateمَيْلًاmaylan(into) a deviationعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿٢٧﴾

[4:28] GOD wishes to lighten your burden, for the human being is created weak.

يُرِيدُyurīdu[He] wishesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanthatيُخَفِّفَyukhaffifaHe lightenعَنكُمْʿankumfor you [all];وَخُلِقَwakhuliqaand [he] was createdٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe human beingضَعِيفًاḍaʿīfanweak. ﴿٢٨﴾

[4:29] O you who believe, do not consume each others' properties illicitly - only mutually acceptable transactions are permitted. You shall not kill yourselves. GOD is Merciful towards you.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَأْكُلُوٓا۟takulūyou [all] consumeأَمْوَٰلَكُمamwālakumyour wealthبَيْنَكُمbaynakumbetween yourselvesبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin [the] corruption (*corruptly / illicitly).إِلَّآillāButأَنanthatتَكُونَtakūnathere beتِجَـٰرَةًtijāratanbusiness / transactionsعَنʿanofتَرَاضٍtarāḍinmutual consentمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all].وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulū[you all] killأَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaHe isبِكُمْbikumto you [all]رَحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿٢٩﴾

[4:30] Anyone who commits these transgressions, maliciously and deliberately, we will condemn him to Hell. This is easy for GOD to do.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَفْعَلْyafʿal[he] does / commitsذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعُدْوَٰنًاʿud'wānanaggressively / maliciouslyوَظُلْمًاwaẓul'manand unjustly,فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soonنُصْلِيهِnuṣ'līhiwe will cast himنَارًاnāran(into) a Fire.وَكَانَwakānaAnd it isذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىʿalāforٱللَّهِl-lahiGodيَسِيرًاyasīraneasy. ﴿٣٠﴾

[4:31] If you refrain from committing the gross sins that are prohibited for you, we will remit your sins, and admit you an honorable admittance.

إِنinIfتَجْتَنِبُوا۟tajtanibūyou [all] avoidكَبَآئِرَkabāiragreat / gross (sins)مَاmā(of) whatتُنْهَوْنَtun'hawnayou [all] are forbiddenعَنْهُʿanhufrom [it],نُكَفِّرْnukaffirwe remitعَنكُمْʿankumfrom you [all]سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْsayyiātikumyour evil deeds / sinsوَنُدْخِلْكُمwanud'khil'kumand we will admit you [all]مُّدْخَلًاmud'khalan(to) an admittanceكَرِيمًاkarīmanhonorable. ﴿٣١﴾

[4:32] You shall not covet the qualities bestowed upon each other by GOD; the men enjoy certain qualities, and the women enjoy certain qualities. You may implore GOD to shower you with His grace. GOD is fully aware of all things.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَمَنَّوْا۟tatamannaw[you all] covetمَاmāwhatفَضَّلَfaḍḍala[He] favored / bestowedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod بِهِۦbihi[with it]بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumsome of you [all]عَلَىٰʿalāoverبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others.لِّلرِّجَالِlilrrijāliFor the men (is)نَصِيبٌnaṣībuna shareمِّمَّاmimmāof whatٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ik'tasabūthey earned,وَلِلنِّسَآءِwalilnnisāiand for the women (is)نَصِيبٌnaṣībuna shareمِّمَّاmimmāof whatٱكْتَسَبْنَik'tasabnathey earned.وَسْـَٔلُوا۟wasalūAnd ask [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodمِنminforفَضْلِهِۦٓfaḍlihiHis bounty / grace.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisبِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthingعَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knower / fully aware. ﴿٣٢﴾

[4:33] For each of you, we have designated shares from the inheritance left by the parents and the relatives. Also those related to you through marriage, you shall give them their due share. GOD witnesses all things.

وَلِكُلٍّwalikullinAnd for all / eachجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeمَوَٰلِىَmawāliyaheirsمِمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكَtarakait was leftٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni(from) [both] the parentsوَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَwal-aqrabūnaand the relatives.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whomعَقَدَتْʿaqadat[it] pledgedأَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands / oaths (*those related through marriage)فَـَٔاتُوهُمْfaātūhumthen give them [you all]نَصِيبَهُمْnaṣībahumtheir share.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingشَهِيدًاshahīdanpresent / a witness. ﴿٣٣﴾

[4:34] The men are made responsible for the women,** and GOD has endowed them with certain qualities, and made them the bread earners. The righteous women will cheerfully accept this arrangement, since it is GOD's commandment, and honor their husbands during their absence. If you experience rebellion from the women, you shall first talk to them, then (you may use negative incentives like) deserting them in bed, then you may (as a last alternative) beat them. If they obey you, you are not permitted to transgress against them. GOD is Most High, Supreme.

ٱلرِّجَالُal-rijālu[The] men (are)قَوَّٰمُونَqawwāmūnaguardians / protectors / maintainersعَلَىʿalāforٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe womenبِمَاbimābecauseفَضَّلَfaḍḍala[He] bestowed / favoredٱللَّهُl-lahuGod بَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of themعَلَىٰʿalāoverبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome othersوَبِمَآwabimāand becauseأَنفَقُوا۟anfaqūthey spent (provide / support)مِنْminfromأَمْوَٰلِهِمْamwālihimtheir wealth.فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُfal-ṣāliḥātuSo the righteous womenقَـٰنِتَـٰتٌqānitātunobedient / devout womenحَـٰفِظَـٰتٌḥāfiẓātunprotectors / guardians [women]لِّلْغَيْبِlil'ghaybiin the unseen / privacy / secretsبِمَاbimāin whatحَفِظَḥafiẓa[He] protected / guardedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَٱلَّـٰتِىwa-allātīAnd those (from) whomتَخَافُونَtakhāfūnayou [all] fearنُشُوزَهُنَّnushūzahunnatheir ill-conduct / rebellionفَعِظُوهُنَّfaʿiẓūhunnathen advise them [you all],وَٱهْجُرُوهُنَّwa-uh'jurūhunnaand (then) forsake / desert / leave them [you all]فِىfīinٱلْمَضَاجِعِl-maḍājiʿithe beds,وَٱضْرِبُوهُنَّwa-iḍ'ribūhunnaand (then) strike them [you all].فَإِنْfa-inThen ifأَطَعْنَكُمْaṭaʿnakumthey obeyed you [all]فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَبْغُوا۟tabghūyou [all] seekعَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaagainst themسَبِيلًاsabīlana way / cause / reason (excuse).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَلِيًّاʿaliyyanMost High / Exalted,كَبِيرًاkabīranGreat. ﴿٣٤﴾

*4:34 God prohibits wife-beating by using the best psychological approach. For example, if I don't want you to shop at Market X, I will ask you to shop at Market Y, then at Market Z, then, as a last resort, at Market X. This will effectively stop you from shopping at Market X, without insulting you. Similarly, God provides alternatives to wife-beating; reasoning with her first, then employing certain negative incentives. Remember that the theme of this sura is defending the women's rights and countering the prevalent oppression of women. Any interpretation of the verses of this sura must be in favor of the women. This sura's theme is "protection of women." **4:34 This expression simply means that God is appointing the husband as "captain of the ship." Marriage is like a ship, and the captain runs it after due consultation with his officers. A believing wife readily accepts God's appointment, without mutiny.

[4:35] If a couple fears separation, you shall appoint an arbitrator from his family and an arbitrator from her family; if they decide to reconcile, GOD will help them get together. GOD is Omniscient, Cognizant.

وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifخِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou [all] fearedشِقَاقَshiqāqaseperationبَيْنِهِمَاbaynihimābetween the twoفَٱبْعَثُوا۟fa-ib'ʿathūthen send [you all]حَكَمًاḥakamanan arbitratorمِّنْminfromأَهْلِهِۦahlihihis familyوَحَكَمًاwaḥakamanand an arbitratorمِّنْminfromأَهْلِهَآahlihāher family.إِنinIfيُرِيدَآyurīdāthey both wishإِصْلَـٰحًاiṣ'lāḥanreconciliation,يُوَفِّقِyuwaffiqi[He] will reconcileٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumābetween both of them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,خَبِيرًاkhabīranCognizant. ﴿٣٥﴾

[4:36] You shall worship GOD alone - do not associate anything with Him. You shall regard the parents, the relatives, the orphans, the poor, the related neighbor, the unrelated neighbor, the close associate, the traveling alien, and your servants. GOD does not like the arrogant show-offs.

وَٱعْبُدُوا۟wa-uʿ'budūAnd worship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikū[you all] associateبِهِۦbihiwith Himشَيْـًٔاshayananything,وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand to the parentsإِحْسَـٰنًاiḥ'sānangoodness / kindness,وَبِذِىwabidhīand with possessors ofٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe closeness / near of kin / relatives,وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans,وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the poor / needyوَٱلْجَارِwal-jāriand the neighbor (who is)ذِىdhīpossessors of*ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bā[the] closeness / near of kin / relatives (*related),وَٱلْجَارِwal-jāriand the neighbor (who is)ٱلْجُنُبِl-junubi[the] farther away / stranger (*unrelated),وَٱلصَّاحِبِwal-ṣāḥibiand the companionبِٱلْجَنۢبِbil-janbiby the side (*close associate)وَٱبْنِwa-ib'ni and son (of)*ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path / road (*and the traveling alien)وَمَاwamāand whatمَلَكَتْmalakat[it] possessed / owned / controlled*أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْaymānukumyour right hands / oaths (*servants)إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesمَنman(the one) whoكَانَkānawasمُخْتَالًاmukh'tālanarrogantفَخُورًاfakhūranboastful / show off. ﴿٣٦﴾

[4:37] The ones who are stingy, exhort the people to be stingy, and conceal what GOD has bestowed upon them from His bounties. We have prepared for the disbelievers a shameful retribution.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَبْخَلُونَyabkhalūnathey are stingyوَيَأْمُرُونَwayamurūnaand they orderٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleبِٱلْبُخْلِbil-bukh'li[in the] stinginessوَيَكْتُمُونَwayaktumūnaand they hide / concealمَآmāwhatءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu[He] gave themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bountyوَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāand we preparedلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversعَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionمُّهِينًاmuhīnanhumiliating / shameful. ﴿٣٧﴾

[4:38] They give money to charity only to show off, while disbelieving in GOD and the Last Day. If one's companion is the devil, that is the worst companion.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spendأَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealthرِئَآءَriāato be seen / showing off (to)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleوَلَاwalāand notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَلَاwalāand notبِٱلْيَوْمِbil-yawmiin the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,وَمَنwamanand whoeverيَكُنِyakunihe hasٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilلَهُۥlahufor himقَرِينًاqarīnan(as) companionفَسَآءَfasāathen worstقَرِينًاqarīnan(is he as) a companion. ﴿٣٨﴾

[4:39] Why do they not believe in GOD and the Last Day, and give from GOD's provisions to them? GOD is fully aware of them.

وَمَاذَاwamādhāAnd what then (is)عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimwith them?لَوْlawIfءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Lastوَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqūand they spentمِمَّاmimmāfrom whatرَزَقَهُمُrazaqahumu[He] provided themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] wasٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهِمْbihimof them (is)عَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knower / fully aware. ﴿٣٩﴾

[4:40] GOD does not inflict an atom's weight of injustice. On the contrary, He multiplies the reward manifold for the righteous work, and grants from Him a great recompense.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَظْلِمُyaẓlimuHe wrongsمِثْقَالَmith'qāla(as much as) weightذَرَّةٍdharratin(of) an atom.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَكُtakuit beحَسَنَةًḥasanatan(any) goodيُضَـٰعِفْهَاyuḍāʿif'hāHe doubles itوَيُؤْتِwayu'tiand He givesمِنminfromلَّدُنْهُladun'hunear Himأَجْرًاajrana rewardعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿٤٠﴾

[4:41] Thus, when the day (of judgment) comes, we will call upon a witness from each community, and you (the messenger) will serve as a witness among these people.

فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how (will it be)إِذَاidhāwhen [in the future]جِئْنَاji'nāwe (have) broughtمِنminfromكُلِّkullieveryأُمَّةٍۭummatinnation / communityبِشَهِيدٍbishahīdin[in] a witnessوَجِئْنَاwaji'nāand we (have) broughtبِكَbika[in] youعَلَىٰʿalāagainstهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (people)شَهِيدًاshahīdan(as) a witness. ﴿٤١﴾

[4:42] On that day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the messenger will wish that they were level with the ground; not a single utterance will they be able to hide from GOD.

يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhin(On) that Dayيَوَدُّyawaddu[he] will wishٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedوَعَصَوُا۟waʿaṣawūand [they] disobeyedٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messengerلَوْlawifتُسَوَّىٰtusawwā[it] made levelبِهِمُbihimuwith themٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earthوَلَاwalāand notيَكْتُمُونَyaktumūnathey will (be able to) hideٱللَّهَl-laha(from) Godحَدِيثًاḥadīthan(any) speech / utterance. ﴿٤٢﴾

[4:43] O you who believe, do not observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) while intoxicated, so that you know what you are saying. Nor after sexual orgasm without bathing, unless you are on the road, traveling; if you are ill or traveling, or you had urinary or fecal-related excretion (such as gas), or contacted the women (sexually), and you cannot find water, you shall observe Tayammum (dry ablution) by touching clean dry soil, then wiping your faces and hands therewith. GOD is Pardoner, Forgiver.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabū[you all] approachٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all] (are)سُكَـٰرَىٰsukārāintoxicatedحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتَعْلَمُوا۟taʿlamūyou [all] knowمَاmāwhatتَقُولُونَtaqūlūnayou [all] say,وَلَاwalāand not (after)جُنُبًاjunuban[unclean due to] sexual orgasm,إِلَّاillāexceptعَابِرِىʿābirī(when) passing*سَبِيلٍsabīlin(through) a road (*traveling)حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتَغْتَسِلُوا۟taghtasilūyou [all] bathed.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمَّرْضَىٰٓmarḍāillأَوْaworعَلَىٰʿalāonسَفَرٍsafarina journeyأَوْaworجَآءَjāa[he] cameأَحَدٌaḥadunanyoneمِّنكُمminkumof you [all]مِّنَminafrom / ofٱلْغَآئِطِl-ghāiṭithe relieving of the bowels / digestive excretion,أَوْaworلَـٰمَسْتُمُlāmastumuyou [all] had sexual contactٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa(with) the womenفَلَمْfalamand notتَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou [all] findمَآءًmāanwater,فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟fatayammamūthen do Tayammum (*dry ablution) you [all] صَعِيدًاṣaʿīdan(with) soilطَيِّبًاṭayyibancleanفَٱمْسَحُوا۟fa-im'saḥūand wipe [you all]بِوُجُوهِكُمْbiwujūhikumwith your facesوَأَيْدِيكُمْwa-aydīkumand your hands.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَفُوًّاʿafuwwanPardoner,غَفُورًاghafūranForgiving. ﴿٤٣﴾

[4:44] Have you noted those who received a portion of the scripture, and how they choose to stray, and wish that you stray from the path?

أَلَمْalamDid notتَرَtarayou see,إِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenنَصِيبًاnaṣībana portionمِّنَminaofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture,يَشْتَرُونَyashtarūnathey chooseٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] strayingوَيُرِيدُونَwayurīdūnaand they wishأَنanthatتَضِلُّوا۟taḍillūyou [all] strayٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīla(from) the path? ﴿٤٤﴾

[4:45] GOD knows best who your enemies are. GOD is the only Lord and Master. GOD is the only Supporter.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِأَعْدَآئِكُمْbi-aʿdāikumabout your enemiesوَكَفَىٰwakafāand sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)وَلِيًّاwaliyyana Protector / Lord and Master,وَكَفَىٰwakafāand sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)نَصِيرًاnaṣīrana Helper / Supporter. ﴿٤٥﴾

[4:46] Among those who are Jewish, some distort the words beyond the truth, and they say, "We hear, but we disobey," and "Your words are falling on deaf ears," and "Raa'ena* (be our shepherd)," as they twist their tongues to mock the religion. Had they said, "We hear, and we obey," and "We hear you," and "Unzurna (watch over us)," it would have been better for them, and more righteous. Instead, they have incurred condemnation from GOD due to their disbelief. Consequently, the majority of them cannot believe.

مِّنَminaAmongٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoهَادُوا۟hādūthey were Jewish,يُحَرِّفُونَyuḥarrifūnathey distortٱلْكَلِمَl-kalimathe wordsعَنʿanfromمَّوَاضِعِهِۦmawāḍiʿihiits contextوَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say,سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā"We heardوَعَصَيْنَاwaʿaṣaynāand we disobeyed,"وَٱسْمَعْwa-is'maʿand "Hear*غَيْرَghayrawithout*مُسْمَعٍmus'maʿinhearing (*words falling on deaf ears),"وَرَٰعِنَاwarāʿināand "Raa'ena (*be our shepherd),"لَيًّۢاlayyantwistingبِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْbi-alsinatihim[with] their tonguesوَطَعْنًاwaṭaʿnanand scoffing (mocking)فِىfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَنَّهُمْannahum[that] theyقَالُوا۟qālū[they] said,سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā"We heardوَأَطَعْنَاwa-aṭaʿnāand we obeyed,"وَٱسْمَعْwa-is'maʿand "Hear,"وَٱنظُرْنَاwa-unẓur'nāand "Unzurna (*watch over us),"لَكَانَlakānasurely it would have beenخَيْرًاkhayranbetterلَّهُمْlahumfor themوَأَقْوَمَwa-aqwamaand more suitable (righteous).وَلَـٰكِنwalākinButلَّعَنَهُمُlaʿanahumu[He] cursed themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِكُفْرِهِمْbikuf'rihimfor their disbelief,فَلَاfalāso notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana few. ﴿٤٦﴾

*4:46 The word "Raa'ena" was twisted by some Hebrew speaking people to sound like a dirty word. See 2:104.

[4:47] O you who received the scripture, you shall believe in what we reveal herein, confirming what you have, before we banish certain faces to exile, or condemn them as we condemned those who desecrated the Sabbath. GOD's command is done.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,ءَامِنُوا۟āminūbelieve [you all]بِمَاbimāin whatنَزَّلْنَاnazzalnāwe revealedمُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirmingلِّمَاlimāthat which (is)مَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you [all],مِّنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeأَنanthatنَّطْمِسَnaṭmisawe wipe out / banishوُجُوهًاwujūhanfacesفَنَرُدَّهَاfanaruddahāand we turn themعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَدْبَارِهَآadbārihātheir backsأَوْaworنَلْعَنَهُمْnalʿanahumwe curse themكَمَاkamāasلَعَنَّآlaʿannāwe cursedأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥābacompanions (of)ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe Sabbath.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [it] becameأَمْرُamru(the) command (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَفْعُولًاmafʿūlanexecuted. ﴿٤٧﴾

[4:48] GOD does not forgive idolatry,* but He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He wills. Anyone who sets up idols beside GOD, has forged a horrendous offense.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَغْفِرُyaghfiruHe forgivesأَنanthatيُشْرَكَyush'rakaHe has partners associatedبِهِۦbihiwith Him,وَيَغْفِرُwayaghfirubut He forgivesمَاmāwhat (is)دُونَdūnaother thanذَٰلِكَdhālikathatلِمَنlimanfor whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُشْرِكْyush'rikhe associates partnersبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith God,فَقَدِfaqadithen surelyٱفْتَرَىٰٓif'tarāhe fabricatedإِثْمًاith'mana sinعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmantremendous. ﴿٤٨﴾

*4:48 Idol worship is not forgivable, if maintained until death. One can always repent from any offense, including idolatry before death comes (see 4:18 & 40:66).

[4:49] Have you noted those who exalt themselves? Instead, GOD is the One who exalts whomever He wills, without the least injustice.

أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُزَكُّونَyuzakkūnathey claim purity (exaltation)أَنفُسَهُمanfusahum(for) themselves?بَلِbaliNay,ٱللَّهُl-lahu(it is) God,يُزَكِّىyuzakkīHe purifies (exalts)مَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَلَاwalāand notيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnathey will be wronged / suffer injusticeفَتِيلًاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date-seed. ﴿٤٩﴾

[4:50] Note how they fabricate lies about GOD; what a gross offense this is!

ٱنظُرْunẓurSeeكَيْفَkayfahowيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnathey fabricateعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhiba[the] lie,وَكَفَىٰwakafāand sufficient (is)بِهِۦٓbihi[in] it (as)إِثْمًاith'mana sinمُّبِينًاmubīnanmanifest / flagrant. ﴿٥٠﴾

[4:51] Have you noted those who received a portion of the scripture, and how they believe in idolatry and false doctrine, then say, "The disbelievers are better guided than the believers"?!

أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenنَصِيبًاnaṣībana portionمِّنَminaofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture?يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaThey believeبِٱلْجِبْتِbil-jib'tiin the superstition / false doctrinesوَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِwal-ṭāghūtiand the idols (idolatry),وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they sayلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi"These (are)أَهْدَىٰahdābetter guidedمِنَminathanٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedسَبِيلًاsabīlan(in the) path." ﴿٥١﴾

[4:52] It is they who incurred GOD's condemnation, and whomever GOD condemns, you will not find any helper for him.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whomلَعَنَهُمُlaʿanahumu[He] cursed [them],ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَلْعَنِyalʿani[He] cursesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَلَنfalanthen neverتَجِدَtajidayou will findلَهُۥlahufor himنَصِيرًاnaṣīran(any) helper. ﴿٥٢﴾

[4:53] Do they own a share of the sovereignty? If they did, they would not give the people as much as a grain.

أَمْamOr isلَهُمْlahumfor themنَصِيبٌnaṣībuna shareمِّنَminaofٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kithe kingdom / sovereignty?فَإِذًاfa-idhanAnd behold!لَّاlānotيُؤْتُونَyu'tūnathey giveٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleنَقِيرًاnaqīran(even as much as the) speck on a date seed. ﴿٥٣﴾

[4:54] Are they envious of the people because GOD has showered them with His blessings? We have given Abraham's family the scripture, and wisdom; we granted them a great authority.

أَمْamOr areيَحْسُدُونَyaḥsudūnathey envious (of)ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleعَلَىٰʿalāforمَآmāwhatءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu[He] gave themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis grace?فَقَدْfaqadBut surelyءَاتَيْنَآātaynāwe gaveءَالَāla(the) family (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureوَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand [the] wisdomوَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمwaātaynāhumand we gave themمُّلْكًاmul'kana kingdom / authorityعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿٥٤﴾

[4:55] Some of them believed therein, and some of them repelled therefrom; Hell is the only just retribution for these.

فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen of them (are)مَّنْman(some) whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedبِهِۦbihithereinوَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them (are)مَّنman(some) whoصَدَّṣadda[he] turned away / repelledعَنْهُʿanhutherefromوَكَفَىٰwakafāand sufficient (is)بِجَهَنَّمَbijahannama[in] Hellسَعِيرًاsaʿīran(as) a Blazing Fire. ﴿٥٥﴾

[4:56] Surely, those who disbelieve in our revelations, we will condemn them to the hellfire. Whenever their skins are burnt, we will give them new skins. Thus, they will suffer continuously. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / revelations,سَوْفَsawfasoonنُصْلِيهِمْnuṣ'līhimwe will burn them / cast themنَارًاnāran(in) a Fire.كُلَّمَاkullamāEvery timeنَضِجَتْnaḍijat[it] (will be) burnt upجُلُودُهُمjulūduhumtheir skinsبَدَّلْنَـٰهُمْbaddalnāhumwe exchanged theirجُلُودًاjulūdanskinsغَيْرَهَاghayrahā(for) other than it,لِيَذُوقُوا۟liyadhūqūso that they may tasteٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَزِيزًاʿazīzanAlmighty,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿٥٦﴾

[4:57] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, we will admit them into gardens with flowing streams; they abide therein forever. They will have pure spouses therein. We will admit them into a blissful shade.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe good deedsسَنُدْخِلُهُمْsanud'khiluhumwe will admit themجَنَّـٰتٍjannātin(in) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] eternally abidingفِيهَآfīhāin itأَبَدًاabadanforever.لَّهُمْlahumFor themفِيهَآfīhāin it (are)أَزْوَٰجٌazwājunspousesمُّطَهَّرَةٌmuṭahharatunpurified / pure,وَنُدْخِلُهُمْwanud'khiluhumand we will admit themظِلًّاẓillan(in the) shadeظَلِيلًاẓalīlanever-shading. ﴿٥٧﴾

[4:58] GOD commands you to give back anything the people have entrusted to you. If you judge among the people, you shall judge equitably. The best enlightenment indeed is what GOD recommends for you. GOD is Hearer, Seer.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَأْمُرُكُمْyamurukum[He] orders you [all]أَنanthatتُؤَدُّوا۟tu-addūyou [all] pay backٱلْأَمَـٰنَـٰتِl-amānātithe trustsإِلَىٰٓilātoأَهْلِهَاahlihāits people (rightful owners), وَإِذَاwa-idhāand whenحَكَمْتُمḥakamtumyou [all] judgeبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleأَنanthatتَحْكُمُوا۟taḥkumūyou [all] judgeبِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliwith [the] justice (*justly / equitably).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodنِعِمَّاniʿimmāexcellentlyيَعِظُكُمyaʿiẓukumHe advises you [all]بِهِۦٓbihiin it.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisسَمِيعًۢاsamīʿanHearer,بَصِيرًاbaṣīranSeer. ﴿٥٨﴾

[4:59] O you who believe, you shall obey GOD, and you shall obey the messenger, and those in charge among you. If you dispute in any matter, you shall refer it to GOD and the messenger, if you do believe in GOD and the Last Day. This is better for you, and provides you with the best solution.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!أَطِيعُوا۟aṭīʿūObey [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey [you all] ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messengerوَأُو۟لِىwa-ulīand those possessing ٱلْأَمْرِl-amri[the] command / authorityمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all].فَإِنfa-inThen ifتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْtanāzaʿtumyou [all] disputedفِىfīinشَىْءٍshayinanything,فَرُدُّوهُfaruddūhuthen refer it [you all]إِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَٱلرَّسُولِwal-rasūliand the messenger,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] doتُؤْمِنُونَtu'minūna[you all] believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbestوَأَحْسَنُwa-aḥsanuand better / more suitableتَأْوِيلًاtawīlan(for final) determination. ﴿٥٩﴾

[4:60] Have you noted those who claim that they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, then uphold the unjust laws of their idols? They were commanded to reject such laws. Indeed, it is the devil's wish to lead them far astray.

أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَزْعُمُونَyazʿumūnathey claimأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedبِمَآbimāin whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedمِنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore you?يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnaThey wishأَنan(yet) thatيَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟yataḥākamūthey go for judgmentإِلَىilātoٱلطَّـٰغُوتِl-ṭāghūtithe idols?وَقَدْwaqadAnd surelyأُمِرُوٓا۟umirūthey were ordered / commandedأَنanthatيَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurūthey rejectبِهِۦbihi[in] it.وَيُرِيدُwayurīduAnd [he] wishesٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilأَنanthatيُضِلَّهُمْyuḍillahumhe mislead themضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālanastrayبَعِيدًاbaʿīdanfar away. ﴿٦٠﴾

[4:61] When they are told, "Come to what GOD has revealed, and to the messenger," you see the hypocrites shunning you completely.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālaw"Come [you all]إِلَىٰilātoمَآmāwhatأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَإِلَىwa-ilāand toٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe messenger,"رَأَيْتَra-aytayou sawٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocritesيَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūna[they] turning away عَنكَʿankafrom youصُدُودًاṣudūdan(in) aversion / shunning. ﴿٦١﴾

[4:62] How will it be when a disaster hits them, as a consequence of their own works? They will come to you then and swear by GOD: "Our intentions were good and righteous!"

فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo howإِذَآidhāwhenأَصَـٰبَتْهُمaṣābathumit afflicted / befell themمُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatunan affliction / disasterبِمَاbimāfor whatقَدَّمَتْqaddamat[it] sent forthأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir handsثُمَّthummathenجَآءُوكَjāūkathey came to youيَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnathey swearبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby God,إِنْin"Notأَرَدْنَآaradnāwe intendedإِلَّآillāexceptإِحْسَـٰنًاiḥ'sānangoodnessوَتَوْفِيقًاwatawfīqanand reconciliation." ﴿٦٢﴾

[4:63] GOD is fully aware of their innermost intentions. You shall ignore them, enlighten them, and give them good advice that may save their souls.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts,فَأَعْرِضْfa-aʿriḍso turn awayعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themوَعِظْهُمْwaʿiẓ'humand warn / enlighten them,وَقُلwaquland sayلَّهُمْlahumto themفِىٓfīconcerningأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimtheir soulsقَوْلًۢاqawlana saying / command بَلِيغًاbalīghanclear / eloquent / profound. ﴿٦٣﴾

[4:64] We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed in accordance with GOD's will. Had they, when they wronged their souls, come to you and prayed to GOD for forgiveness, and the messenger prayed for their forgiveness, they would have found GOD Redeemer, Most Merciful.

وَمَآwamāAnd not أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentمِنminanyرَّسُولٍrasūlinmessengerإِلَّاillāexceptلِيُطَاعَliyuṭāʿathat he may be obeyedبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَنَّهُمْannahum[that] they,إِذidhwhenظَّلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūthey wrongedأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,جَآءُوكَjāūkathey came to youفَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟fa-is'taghfarūand they asked forgivenessٱللَّهَl-laha(of) God,وَٱسْتَغْفَرَwa-is'taghfaraand [he] asked forgivenessلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messenger,لَوَجَدُوا۟lawajadūsurely they would have foundٱللَّهَl-lahaGodتَوَّابًاtawwābanRedeemer,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿٦٤﴾

[4:65] Never indeed, by your Lord; they are not believers unless they come to you to judge in their disputes, then find no hesitation in their hearts whatsoever in accepting your judgment. They must submit a total submission.

فَلَاfalāBut no,وَرَبِّكَwarabbikaby your Lord,لَاlānotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessيُحَكِّمُوكَyuḥakkimūkathey have you judgeفِيمَاfīmāin whatشَجَرَshajara[it] disputedبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them,ثُمَّthummathenلَاlānotيَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey findفِىٓfīinأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselvesحَرَجًاḥarajan(any) discomfort (hesitation)مِّمَّاmimmāabout whatقَضَيْتَqaḍaytayou decidedوَيُسَلِّمُوا۟wayusallimūand they submitتَسْلِيمًاtaslīmana total submission. ﴿٦٥﴾

[4:66] Had we decreed for them: "You must offer your lives," or "Give up your homes," they would not have done it, except for a few of them. (Even if such a command was issued,) had they done what they were commanded to do, it would have been better for them, and would prove the strength of their faith.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَنَّاannāthat weكَتَبْنَاkatabnā[we] decreedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themأَنِanithat,ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟uq'tulū"Kill* [you all]أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves (*offer your lives)"أَوِawiorٱخْرُجُوا۟ukh'rujū"Go out / leave [you all]مِنminfromدِيَـٰرِكُمdiyārikumyour homes,"مَّاmānotفَعَلُوهُfaʿalūhuthey (would have) done itإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلٌqalīluna fewمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them.وَلَوْwalawBut ifأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyفَعَلُوا۟faʿalū[they] didمَاmāwhatيُوعَظُونَyūʿaẓūnathey are advisedبِهِۦbihitherein,لَكَانَlakānasurely it would have beenخَيْرًاkhayranbetterلَّهُمْlahumfor themوَأَشَدَّwa-ashaddaand strongerتَثْبِيتًاtathbītanconfirmation / conviction (of their faith). ﴿٦٦﴾

[4:67] And we would have granted them a great recompense.

وَإِذًاwa-idhanAnd thenلَّـَٔاتَيْنَـٰهُمlaātaynāhumsurely we would have gave themمِّنminfromلَّدُنَّآladunnāus a أَجْرًاajranrewardعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat." ﴿٦٧﴾

[4:68] And we would have guided them in the right path.

وَلَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْwalahadaynāhumAnd surely we would have guided themصِرَٰطًاṣirāṭanpathمُّسْتَقِيمًاmus'taqīmanstraight and right. ﴿٦٨﴾

[4:69] Those who obey GOD and the messenger belong with those blessed by GOD - the prophets, the saints, the martyrs, and the righteous. These are the best company.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُطِعِyuṭiʿi[he] obeysٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱلرَّسُولَwal-rasūlaand the messengerفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseمَعَmaʿa(will be) withٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomأَنْعَمَanʿama[He] bestowed favorٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon themمِّنَminafromٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe prophets,وَٱلصِّدِّيقِينَwal-ṣidīqīnaand the truthful ones / saints,وَٱلشُّهَدَآءِwal-shuhadāiand the martyrs,وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَwal-ṣāliḥīnaand the righteous [ones].وَحَسُنَwaḥasunaAnd bestأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika(are) thoseرَفِيقًاrafīqan(in) company. ﴿٦٩﴾

[4:70] Such is the blessing from GOD; GOD is the best Knower.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)ٱلْفَضْلُl-faḍluthe graceمِنَminaofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَكَفَىٰwakafāand sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)عَلِيمًاʿalīmanKnower. ﴿٧٠﴾

[4:71] O you who believe, you shall remain alert, and mobilize as individuals, or mobilize all together.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!خُذُوا۟khudhūtake [you all]حِذْرَكُمْḥidh'rakumyour precautionsفَٱنفِرُوا۟fa-infirūthen advance / mobilize [you all]ثُبَاتٍthubātin(in) separate companies / detachments أَوِawiorٱنفِرُوا۟infirūgo forth / mobilize [you all]جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall together. ﴿٧١﴾

[4:72] Surely, there are those among you who would drag their feet, then, if a setback afflicts you, they would say, "GOD has blessed me that I was not martyred with them."

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,مِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]لَمَنlaman[surely] (is he) whoلَّيُبَطِّئَنَّlayubaṭṭi-annasurely [he] will lag behindفَإِنْfa-inthen ifأَصَـٰبَتْكُمaṣābatkum[it] afflicted you [all]مُّصِيبَةٌmuṣībatunan afflictionقَالَqālahe said,قَدْqad"Verilyأَنْعَمَanʿama[He] favoredٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىَّʿalayya[upon] meإِذْidhwhen [in the past]لَمْlamnotأَكُنakunI beمَّعَهُمْmaʿahumwith themشَهِيدًاshahīdana witness / present / martyr." ﴿٧٢﴾

[4:73] But if you attain a blessing from GOD, they would say, as if no friendship ever existed between you and them, "I wish I was with them, so I could share in such a great victory."

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd surely ifأَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakum[it] befell you [all]فَضْلٌfaḍlunfavor / preference / blessingمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodلَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely they will sayكَأَنka-anas ifلَّمْlamnotتَكُنۢtakunthere beبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]وَبَيْنَهُۥwabaynahuand between himمَوَدَّةٌmawaddatunany affection,يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanī"Oh, I wishكُنتُkuntuI had beenمَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith themفَأَفُوزَfa-afūzathen I (would) attain / achieveفَوْزًاfawzana success / triumphعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat." ﴿٧٣﴾

[4:74] Those who readily fight in the cause of GOD are those who forsake this world in favor of the Hereafter. Whoever fights in the cause of GOD, then gets killed, or attains victory, we will surely grant him a great recompense.

فَلْيُقَـٰتِلْfalyuqātilSo let [him] fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَشْرُونَyashrūnathey sell / tradeٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratifor the Hereafter.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُقَـٰتِلْyuqātil[he] fightsفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,فَيُقْتَلْfayuq'talthen he is killedأَوْaworيَغْلِبْyaghlibhe achieves victoryفَسَوْفَfasawfathen soonنُؤْتِيهِnu'tīhiwe will grant himأَجْرًاajrana reward / recompenseعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿٧٤﴾

[4:75] Why should you not fight in the cause of GOD when weak men, women, and children are imploring: "Our Lord, deliver us from this community whose people are oppressive, and be You our Lord and Master."

وَمَاwamāAnd whatلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]لَاlā(that) notتُقَـٰتِلُونَtuqātilūnayou [all] fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَwal-mus'taḍʿafīnaand the ones who are weakمِنَminaamongٱلرِّجَالِl-rijālithe menوَٱلنِّسَآءِwal-nisāiand the womenوَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِwal-wil'dāniand the children,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَقُولُونَyaqūlūna[they] say,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lordأَخْرِجْنَاakhrij'nābring us outمِنْminfromهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati[the] townٱلظَّالِمِl-ẓālimi[the] oppressor(s)أَهْلُهَاahluhā(are) its peopleوَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿaland appointلَّنَاlanāfor usمِنminfromلَّدُنكَladunkaYourselfوَلِيًّاwaliyyana Protector / Lord and Masterوَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿaland appointلَّنَاlanāfor usمِنminfromلَّدُنكَladunkaYourselfنَصِيرًاnaṣīrana Helper. ﴿٧٥﴾

[4:76] Those who believe are fighting for the cause of GOD, while those who disbelieve are fighting for the cause of tyranny. Therefore, you shall fight the devil's allies; the devil's power is nil.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed,يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnathey fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God;وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnawhile those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved,يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnathey fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) cause (of)ٱلطَّـٰغُوتِl-ṭāghūtithe idols / tyranny.فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟faqātilūSo fight [you all] (against)أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(the) allies (of)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭānithe devil.إِنَّinnaIndeed,كَيْدَkayda(the) plan / strategy (of)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭānithe devilكَانَkānaisضَعِيفًاḍaʿīfanweak. ﴿٧٦﴾

[4:77] Have you noted those who were told, "You do not have to fight; all you need to do is observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat)," then, when fighting was decreed for them, they feared the people as much as they feared GOD, or even more? They said, "Our Lord, why did You force this fighting on us? If only You respite us for awhile!" Say, "The materials of this world are nil, while the Hereafter is far better for the righteous, and you never suffer the slightest injustice."

أَلَمْalamDid notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who (when)قِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,كُفُّوٓا۟kuffū"Restrain [you all]أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour handsوَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand observe [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give [you all]ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)?"فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenكُتِبَkutiba[it] was decreedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلْقِتَالُl-qitāluthe fighting,إِذَاidhābehold!فَرِيقٌfarīquna groupمِّنْهُمْmin'humof themيَخْشَوْنَyakhshawna[they] fearٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleكَخَشْيَةِkakhashyatilike (the) fear (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَوْaworأَشَدَّashaddamore intenseخَشْيَةًkhashyatanfear.وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said,رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lordلِمَlimawhy (have)كَتَبْتَkatabtaYou decreedعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāfor usٱلْقِتَالَl-qitāla[the] fighting?لَوْلَآlawlāWhy notأَخَّرْتَنَآakhartanāYou postponed it for usإِلَىٰٓilātillأَجَلٍajalinan appointed termقَرِيبٍqarībinnear."قُلْqulSay,مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu"Enjoyment (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world (is)قَلِيلٌqalīlunlittleوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُwal-ākhiratuand the Hereafter (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلِّمَنِlimanifor whoeverٱتَّقَىٰittaqā[he] maintained righteousnessوَلَاwalāand notتُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou [all] will be wronged / suffer injusticeفَتِيلًاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date-seed." ﴿٧٧﴾

[4:78] Wherever you are, death will catch up with you, even if you live in formidable castles. When something good happens to them, they say, "This is from GOD," and when something bad afflicts them, they blame you. Say, "Everything comes from GOD." Why do these people misunderstand almost everything?

أَيْنَمَاaynamāWhereverتَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou [all] beيُدْرِككُّمُyud'rikkumu[it] will overtake you [all]ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] deathوَلَوْwalaweven ifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areفِىfīinبُرُوجٍburūjincastlesمُّشَيَّدَةٍmushayyadatinlofty / fortified.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'hum[it] befalls themحَسَنَةٌḥasanatun(any) goodيَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say,هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihi"This (is)مِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,"وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'hum[it] befalls themسَيِّئَةٌsayyi-atun(any) evilيَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say,هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihi"This (is)مِنْminfromعِندِكَʿindika[at] you."قُلْqulSay,كُلٌّkullun"All (is)مِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."فَمَالِfamāliSo how comeهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi[the] people,لَاlānotيَكَادُونَyakādūnathey almostيَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna[they] understandحَدِيثًاḥadīthan(any) statement. ﴿٧٨﴾

*4:78 Bad things are consequences of our own deeds (42:30, 64:11), though God is the doer of everything (8:17). God created the fire to serve us, but you can decide to put your finger in it. We thus hurt ourselves. It is God's law that if you put your finger in the fire, it will hurt.

[4:79] Anything good that happens to you is from GOD, and anything bad that happens to you is from you. We have sent you as a messenger to the people,* and GOD suffices as witness.

مَّآmāWhateverأَصَابَكَaṣābakait befell youمِنْminofحَسَنَةٍḥasanatin(the) goodفَمِنَfamina[then] (it is) fromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَمَآwamāand whateverأَصَابَكَaṣābakait befell youمِنminofسَيِّئَةٍsayyi-atin(the) evilفَمِنfamin[then] (it is) fromنَّفْسِكَnafsikayourself.وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَwa-arsalnākaAnd we sent youلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleرَسُولًاrasūlan(as) a messenger,وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)شَهِيدًاshahīdana Witness. ﴿٧٩﴾

*4:79 Muhammad was not given any proof of prophethood. Hence the expression "God suffices as a witness" (29:51-52). The gematrical value of "Muhammad" is 92, and 92 + 79 = 171 = 19 x 9.

[4:80] Whoever obeys the messenger is obeying GOD. As for those who turn away, we did not send you as their guardian.

مَّنmanHe (who)يُطِعِyuṭiʿi[he] obeysٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messengerفَقَدْfaqadthen surelyأَطَاعَaṭāʿahe obeyedٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,وَمَنwamanand whoeverتَوَلَّىٰtawallāhe turned awayفَمَآfamāthen notأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākawe sent youعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themحَفِيظًاḥafīẓan(as) a guardian. ﴿٨٠﴾

[4:81] They pledge obedience, but as soon as they leave you, some of them harbor intentions contrary to what they say. GOD records their innermost intentions. You shall disregard them, and put your trust in GOD. GOD suffices as an advocate.

وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say,طَاعَةٌṭāʿatun"(We pledge) obedience"فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when [in the future]بَرَزُوا۟barazūthey leftمِنْminfromعِندِكَʿindika[at] you,بَيَّتَbayyata[it] planned by night (*harbors intentions)طَآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupمِّنْهُمْmin'humof themغَيْرَghayraother thanٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichتَقُولُtaqūlu[it] (the group) says.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuBut Godيَكْتُبُyaktubu[He] recordsمَاmāwhatيُبَيِّتُونَyubayyitūnathey plan by night (*intentions they harbor).فَأَعْرِضْfa-aʿriḍSo turn awayعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themوَتَوَكَّلْwatawakkaland put (your) trustعَلَىʿalāinٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)وَكِيلًاwakīlanan Advocate. ﴿٨١﴾

[4:82] Why do they not study the Quran carefully? If it were from other than GOD, they would have found in it numerous contradictions.*

أَفَلَاafalāThen do notيَتَدَبَّرُونَyatadabbarūnathey ponderٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran?وَلَوْwalawAnd ifكَانَkānait wasمِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[by]غَيْرِghayriother thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,لَوَجَدُوا۟lawajadūsurely they would have foundفِيهِfīhiin itٱخْتِلَـٰفًاikh'tilāfancontradictionكَثِيرًاkathīranmuch / numerous. ﴿٨٢﴾

*4:82 Although the Quran was revealed during the dark ages, you cannot find any nonsense in it; another proof of divine authorship (see the Introduction and App. 1).

[4:83] When a rumor that affects security comes their way, they spread it. Had they referred it to the messenger, and those in charge among them, those who understand these matters would have informed them. If it were not for GOD's grace towards you, and His mercy, you would have followed the devil, except a few.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenجَآءَهُمْjāahum[it] came to themأَمْرٌamruna matterمِّنَminaofٱلْأَمْنِl-amnithe securityأَوِawiorٱلْخَوْفِl-khawfi[the] fearأَذَاعُوا۟adhāʿūthey spreadبِهِۦbihi[with] it.وَلَوْwalawBut ifرَدُّوهُraddūhuthey referred itإِلَىilātoٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe messengerوَإِلَىٰٓwa-ilāand toأُو۟لِىulīthose possessingٱلْأَمْرِl-amri[the] command / authorityمِنْهُمْmin'humamong them,لَعَلِمَهُlaʿalimahusurely [he] would have known itٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥyastanbiṭūnahuthey can understand it (such matters)مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them.وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if notفَضْلُfaḍlu(for the) graceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His mercy,لَٱتَّبَعْتُمُla-ittabaʿtumusurely you [all] would have followedٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe devilإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana few. ﴿٨٣﴾

[4:84] You shall fight for the cause of GOD; you are responsible only for your own soul, and exhort the believers to do the same. GOD will neutralize the power of those who disbelieve. GOD is much more powerful, and much more effective.

فَقَـٰتِلْfaqātilSo fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God;لَاlānotتُكَلَّفُtukallafuyou are responsibleإِلَّاillāexceptنَفْسَكَnafsaka(for) yourself / own soul.وَحَرِّضِwaḥarriḍiAnd exhortٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers.عَسَىʿasāPerhaps / Mayٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanthatيَكُفَّyakuffaHe will restrainبَأْسَbasa(the) wrath / mightٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)أَشَدُّashaddustrongerبَأْسًاbasan(in) wrath / mightوَأَشَدُّwa-ashadduand strongerتَنكِيلًاtankīlan(in) punishment / setting an exemplary example through punishment. ﴿٨٤﴾

[4:85] Whoever mediates a good deed receives a share of the credit thereof, and whoever mediates an evil work, incurs a share thereof. GOD controls all things.

مَّنmanWhoeverيَشْفَعْyashfaʿ[he] intercedes / advocates / mediatesشَفَـٰعَةًshafāʿatanan intercession / advocation / mediationحَسَنَةًḥasanatangood,يَكُنyakun[it] will beلَّهُۥlahufor himنَصِيبٌnaṣībuna shareمِّنْهَاmin'hāof it;وَمَنwamanand whoeverيَشْفَعْyashfaʿ[he] intercedes / advocates / mediatesشَفَـٰعَةًshafāʿatanan intercession / advocation / mediationسَيِّئَةًsayyi-atanevil,يَكُنyakun[it] will beلَّهُۥlahufor himكِفْلٌkif'luna portionمِّنْهَاmin'hāof it.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingمُّقِيتًاmuqītana Controller of Distributions. ﴿٨٥﴾

[4:86] When greeted with a greeting, you shall respond with a better greeting or at least an equal one. GOD reckons all things.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenحُيِّيتُمḥuyyītumyou [all] were greetedبِتَحِيَّةٍbitaḥiyyatinwith a greeting,فَحَيُّوا۟faḥayyūthen greet [you all]بِأَحْسَنَbi-aḥsanawith betterمِنْهَآmin'hāthan itأَوْaworرُدُّوهَآruddūhāreturn it [you all].إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkulliallشَىْءٍshayinthing(s)حَسِيبًاḥasībana Reckoner. ﴿٨٦﴾

[4:87] GOD: there is no god except He. He will surely summon you on the Day of Resurrection - the inevitable day. Whose narration is more truthful than GOD's?

ٱللَّهُal-lahuGodلَآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْlayajmaʿannakumsurely He will summon you [all]إِلَىٰilātoيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionلَاlānoرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهِfīhiabout it.وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَصْدَقُaṣdaqumore truthfulمِنَminathanٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (in)حَدِيثًاḥadīthannarration / Hadith. ﴿٨٧﴾

[4:88] Why should you divide yourselves into two groups regarding hypocrites (among you)? GOD is the one who condemned them because of their own behavior. Do you want to guide those who are sent astray by GOD? Whomever GOD sends astray, you can never find a way to guide them.

فَمَاfamāSo what (is)لَكُمْlakum(the matter) with you [all]فِىfīconcerningٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites (that)فِئَتَيْنِfi-atayni(you have become) two parties?وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuWhile GodأَرْكَسَهُمarkasahumHe condemned / reverted themبِمَاbimāfor whatكَسَبُوٓا۟kasabūthey earned.أَتُرِيدُونَaturīdūnaDo you [all] wishأَنanthatتَهْدُوا۟tahdūyou [all] guideمَنْmanwhomأَضَلَّaḍalla[He] sent astrayٱللَّهُl-lahuGod?وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُضْلِلِyuḍ'lili[He] sends astrayٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَلَنfalanthen neverتَجِدَtajidayou will findلَهُۥlahufor himسَبِيلًاsabīlana way. ﴿٨٨﴾

[4:89] They wish that you disbelieve as they have disbelieved, then you become equal. Do not consider them friends, unless they mobilize along with you in the cause of GOD. If they turn against you, you shall fight them, and you may kill them when you encounter them in war. You shall not accept them as friends, or allies.*

وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wishedلَوْlawifتَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou [all] disbelieveكَمَاkamāasكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedفَتَكُونُونَfatakūnūnaso you [all] becomeسَوَآءًsawāanequal.فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūyou [all] takeمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them (as)أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaalliesحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessيُهَاجِرُوا۟yuhājirūthey emigrate (mobilize)فِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.فَإِنfa-inBut ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned back,فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhumso take them [you all]وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumAnd kill them [you all]حَيْثُḥaythuwhereverوَجَدتُّمُوهُمْwajadttumūhumyou [all] found them / encountered them (*in war).وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūyou [all] takeمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them (as)وَلِيًّاwaliyyanan allyوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرًاnaṣīrana helper. ﴿٨٩﴾

*4:89 The basic rule controlling all fighting is stated in 60:8-9.

[4:90] Exempted are those who join people with whom you have signed a peace treaty, and those who come to you wishing not to fight you, nor fight their relatives. Had GOD willed, He could have permitted them to fight against you. Therefore, if they leave you alone, refrain from fighting you, and offer you peace, then GOD gives you no excuse to fight them.

إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَصِلُونَyaṣilūnathey joinإِلَىٰilāwithقَوْمٍۭqawmina groupبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]وَبَيْنَهُمwabaynahumand between them (is)مِّيثَـٰقٌmīthāquna (peace) treatyأَوْaworجَآءُوكُمْjāūkum(those who) they came to you [all]حَصِرَتْḥaṣirat[it] restrainedصُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir heartsأَنanthatيُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you [all]أَوْawnorيُقَـٰتِلُوا۟yuqātilūthey fightقَوْمَهُمْqawmahumtheir people / relatives.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَسَلَّطَهُمْlasallaṭahumsurely He would have gave them powerعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all],فَلَقَـٰتَلُوكُمْfalaqātalūkumand surely they would have fought you [all].فَإِنِfa-iniSo ifٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْiʿ'tazalūkumthey withdrew from you [all]فَلَمْfalamand notيُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkum[they] fight (against) you [all]وَأَلْقَوْا۟wa-alqawand [they] offeredإِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you [all]ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama[the] peaceفَمَاfamāthen notجَعَلَjaʿala[He] madeٱللَّهُl-lahuGod لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst themسَبِيلًاsabīlana way / cause / reason (to fight). ﴿٩٠﴾

[4:91] You will find others who wish to make peace with you, and also with their people. However, as soon as war erupts, they fight against you. Unless these people leave you alone, offer you peace, and stop fighting you, you may fight them when you encounter them. Against these, we give you a clear authorization.

سَتَجِدُونَsatajidūnaYou [all] will findءَاخَرِينَākharīnaothersيُرِيدُونَyurīdūnathey wishأَنanthatيَأْمَنُوكُمْyamanūkumthey be secure with you [all] / make peace with you [all]وَيَأْمَنُوا۟wayamanūand they be secure with / make peace withقَوْمَهُمْqawmahumtheir people.كُلَّkulla Every*مَاmāwhat (*Whenever)رُدُّوٓا۟ruddūthey were returnedإِلَىilātoٱلْفِتْنَةِl-fit'natithe trial / temptation,أُرْكِسُوا۟ur'kisūthey were revertedفِيهَاfīhātherein.فَإِنfa-inSo ifلَّمْlamnotيَعْتَزِلُوكُمْyaʿtazilūkumthey withdraw from you [all]وَيُلْقُوٓا۟wayul'qūand [they] offerإِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you [all]ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama[the] peaceوَيَكُفُّوٓا۟wayakuffūand they restrainأَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands,فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhumso take them [you all]وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumAnd kill them [you all]حَيْثُḥaythuwhereverثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْthaqif'tumūhumyou [all] encountered them (*in war).وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْwa-ulāikumAnd thoseجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst themسُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanan authorityمُّبِينًاmubīnanclear. ﴿٩١﴾

[4:92] No believer shall kill another believer, unless it is an accident. If one kills a believer by accident, he shall atone by freeing a believing slave, and paying a compensation to the victim's family, unless they forfeit such a compensation as a charity. If the victim belonged to people who are at war with you, though he was a believer, you shall atone by freeing a believing slave. If he belonged to people with whom you have signed a peace treaty, you shall pay the compensation in addition to freeing a believing slave. If you cannot find* a slave to free, you shall atone by fasting two consecutive months, in order to be redeemed by GOD. GOD is Knower, Most Wise.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānait wasلِمُؤْمِنٍlimu'mininfor a believerأَنanthatيَقْتُلَyaqtulahe killsمُؤْمِنًاmu'minana believerإِلَّاillāexceptخَطَـًٔاkhaṭa-an(by) mistake.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverقَتَلَqatala[he] killedمُؤْمِنًاmu'minana believerخَطَـًٔاkhaṭa-an(by) mistake,فَتَحْرِيرُfataḥrīruthen freeing (of)رَقَبَةٍraqabatina [female] slaveمُّؤْمِنَةٍmu'minatin[a female] who believesوَدِيَةٌwadiyatun(as) blood moneyمُّسَلَّمَةٌmusallamatunpaymentإِلَىٰٓilātoأَهْلِهِۦٓahlihihis family (the victim's)إِلَّآillāunlessأَنanthatيَصَّدَّقُوا۟yaṣṣaddaqūthey remit as a charity.فَإِنfa-inBut ifكَانَkānahe wasمِنminfromقَوْمٍqawmina peopleعَدُوٍّʿaduwwinhostileلَّكُمْlakumto you [all]وَهُوَwahuwaand he (was)مُؤْمِنٌmu'minuna believerفَتَحْرِيرُfataḥrīruthen freeing (of)رَقَبَةٍraqabatina [female] slaveمُّؤْمِنَةٍmu'minatin[a female] who believes.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكَانَkānahe wasمِنminfromقَوْمٍۭqawmina peopleبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]وَبَيْنَهُمwabaynahumand between them (is)مِّيثَـٰقٌmīthāquna (peace) treaty,فَدِيَةٌfadiyatunthen blood moneyمُّسَلَّمَةٌmusallamatunpaymentإِلَىٰٓilātoأَهْلِهِۦahlihihis (the victim's) family,وَتَحْرِيرُwataḥrīruand freeing (of)رَقَبَةٍraqabatina [female] slaveمُّؤْمِنَةٍmu'minatin[a female] who believes. فَمَنfamanAnd whoeverلَّمْlamnotيَجِدْyajidhe finds (a slave to free),فَصِيَامُfaṣiyāmuthen fastingشَهْرَيْنِshahrayni(for) two monthsمُتَتَابِعَيْنِmutatābiʿayniboth consecutively,تَوْبَةًtawbatan(as) repentanceمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَكَانَwakānaand [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلِيمًاʿalīmanKnower,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿٩٢﴾

*4:92 Since slavery does not exist, the offender must atone by fasting two consecutive months.

[4:93] Anyone who kills a believer on purpose, his retribution is Hell, wherein he abides forever, GOD is angry with him, and condemns him, and has prepared for him a terrible retribution.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَقْتُلْyaqtulhe killsمُؤْمِنًاmu'minana believerمُّتَعَمِّدًاmutaʿammidanintentionallyفَجَزَآؤُهُۥfajazāuhuthen his requital / retribution (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHell,خَـٰلِدًاkhālidanabiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin itوَغَضِبَwaghaḍibaand wrathٱللَّهُl-lahu(of) Godعَلَيْهِʿalayhion himوَلَعَنَهُۥwalaʿanahuand He cursed himوَأَعَدَّwa-aʿaddaand He preparedلَهُۥlahufor himعَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿٩٣﴾

[4:94] O you who believe, if you strike in the cause of GOD, you shall be absolutely sure. Do not say to one who offers you peace, "You are not a believer," seeking the spoils of this world. For GOD possesses infinite spoils. Remember that you used to be like them, and GOD blessed you. Therefore, you shall be absolutely sure (before you strike). GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!إِذَاidhāWhen [in the future]ضَرَبْتُمْḍarabtumyou [all] struckفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godفَتَبَيَّنُوا۟fatabayyanūthen you [all] investigate,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَقُولُوا۟taqūlū[you all] sayلِمَنْlimanto (the one) whoأَلْقَىٰٓalqāhe offeredإِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you [all]ٱلسَّلَـٰمَl-salāma[the] peace,لَسْتَlasta"You (are) notمُؤْمِنًاmu'minana believer,"تَبْتَغُونَtabtaghūnayou [all] seekingعَرَضَʿaraḍatemporary goods (of)ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,فَعِندَfaʿindafor atٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (are)مَغَانِمُmaghānimuspoilsكَثِيرَةٌkathīratunabundant.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewiseكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] wereمِّنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore,فَمَنَّfamanna [He] then conferred favor / blessedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all];فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟fatabayyanūso [you all] investigate.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doخَبِيرًاkhabīranCognizant. ﴿٩٤﴾

[4:95] Not equal are the sedentary among the believers who are not handicapped, and those who strive in the cause of GOD with their money and their lives. GOD exalts the strivers with their money and their lives above the sedentary. For both, GOD promises salvation, but GOD exalts the strivers over the sedentary with a great recompense.

لَّاlāNotيَسْتَوِىyastawīit is equal,ٱلْقَـٰعِدُونَl-qāʿidūnathe ones who sit (sedentary)مِنَminaamongٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers,غَيْرُghayruother thanأُو۟لِىulī(the) possessors of ٱلضَّرَرِl-ḍararithe distress / affliction / disability,وَٱلْمُجَـٰهِدُونَwal-mujāhidūnaand the ones who striveفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealthوَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their lives.فَضَّلَfaḍḍala[He] preferredٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمُجَـٰهِدِينَl-mujāhidīnathe ones who striveبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealthوَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their livesعَلَىʿalātoٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīnathe ones who sit / stay behind (sedentary)دَرَجَةًdarajatan(in) rank.وَكُلًّاwakullanAnd (to) eachوَعَدَwaʿada[He] promisedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe best.وَفَضَّلَwafaḍḍalaAnd [He] preferredٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمُجَـٰهِدِينَl-mujāhidīnathe ones who striveعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīnathe ones who sit / stay behind (sedentary)أَجْرًاajran(with) a rewardعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿٩٥﴾

[4:96] The higher ranks come from Him, as well as forgiveness and mercy. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

دَرَجَـٰتٍdarajātinRanksمِّنْهُmin'hufrom Himوَمَغْفِرَةًwamaghfiratanand forgiveness,وَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercy.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿٩٦﴾

[4:97] Those whose lives are terminated by the angels, while in a state of wronging their souls, the angels will ask them, "What was the matter with you?" They will say, "We were oppressed on earth." They will say, "Was GOD's earth not spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?" For these, the final abode is Hell, and a miserable destiny.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomتَوَفَّىٰهُمُtawaffāhumu[it] take them in deathٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angelsظَالِمِىٓẓālimī(while they were) wrongingأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves / their soulsقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,فِيمَfīma"About what*كُنتُمْkuntumwere you [all] (*what was the matter with you)?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,كُنَّاkunnā"We wereمُسْتَضْعَفِينَmus'taḍʿafīnaones who were weak / oppressedفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَلَمْalam"Was notتَكُنْtakun[it] beأَرْضُarḍu(the) earthٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَٰسِعَةًwāsiʿatanspacious (enough)فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟fatuhājirūso that you [all] (could) emigrateفِيهَاfīhāin it?"فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those,مَأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhumtheir abodeجَهَنَّمُjahannamu(is) Hellوَسَآءَتْwasāatand it is a miserableمَصِيرًاmaṣīrandestination / destiny. ﴿٩٧﴾

[4:98] Exempted are the weak men, women, and children who do not possess the strength, nor the means to find a way out.

إِلَّاillāExceptٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَl-mus'taḍʿafīnathe ones who are weak / oppressedمِنَminaamongٱلرِّجَالِl-rijālithe menوَٱلنِّسَآءِwal-nisāiand the womenوَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِwal-wil'dāniand the childrenلَاlānotيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able (to)حِيلَةًḥīlatanplan / means (to emigrate)وَلَاwalāand notيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey are guidedسَبِيلًاsabīlan(to a) way (out). ﴿٩٨﴾

[4:99] These may be pardoned by GOD. GOD is Pardoner, Forgiver.

فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those,عَسَىʿasāmay / perhapsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنanthatيَعْفُوَyaʿfuwaHe will pardonعَنْهُمْʿanhum[for] them,وَكَانَwakānaand [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَفُوًّاʿafuwwanPardoner,غَفُورًاghafūranForgiving. ﴿٩٩﴾

[4:100] Anyone who emigrates in the cause of GOD will find on earth great bounties and richness. Anyone who gives up his home, emigrating to GOD and His messenger, then death catches up with him, his recompense is reserved with GOD. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُهَاجِرْyuhājir[he] emigratesفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,يَجِدْyajidhe will findفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمُرَٰغَمًاmurāghamanproperties / places of refugeكَثِيرًاkathīranmany,وَسَعَةًwasaʿatan(and) bounties / abundance.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَخْرُجْyakhruj[he] departsمِنۢminfromبَيْتِهِۦbaytihihis homeمُهَاجِرًاmuhājiran[one] emigratingإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger,ثُمَّthummathenيُدْرِكْهُyud'rik'huit overtakes himٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death,فَقَدْfaqadthen certainly / alreadyوَقَعَwaqaʿa[it] fulfilled / confirmed / reservedأَجْرُهُۥajruhuhis reward / recompenseعَلَىʿalāfromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[4:101] When you travel, during war, you commit no error by shortening your Contact Prayers (Salat), if you fear that the disbelievers may attack you. Surely, the disbelievers are your ardent enemies.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenضَرَبْتُمْḍarabtumyou [all] travelledفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthفَلَيْسَfalaysathen notعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany blameأَنanthatتَقْصُرُوا۟taqṣurūyou [all] shortenمِنَmina[of]ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe Contact Prayer (Salat)إِنْinifخِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou [all] fearedأَنanthatيَفْتِنَكُمُyaftinakumu[they] (may) harm you [all]ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelieversكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]عَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemyمُّبِينًاmubīnanopen / ardent. ﴿١٠١﴾

[4:102] When you are with them, and lead the Contact Prayer (Salat) for them, let some of you stand guard; let them hold their weapons, and let them stand behind you as you prostrate. Then, let the other group that has not prayed take their turn praying with you, while the others stand guard and hold their weapons. Those who disbelieved wish to see you neglect your weapons and your equipment, in order to attack you once and for all. You commit no error, if you are hampered by rain or injury, by putting down your weapons, so long as you remain alert. GOD has prepared for the disbelievers a shameful retribution.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenكُنتَkuntayou wereفِيهِمْfīhimamong themفَأَقَمْتَfa-aqamtaand you ledلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat),فَلْتَقُمْfaltaqumthen let [it] stand guardطَآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupمِّنْهُمmin'humover themمَّعَكَmaʿakaalong with youوَلْيَأْخُذُوٓا۟walyakhudhūand let them takeأَسْلِحَتَهُمْasliḥatahumtheir arms / weapons.فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenسَجَدُوا۟sajadūthey prostrated,فَلْيَكُونُوا۟falyakūnūthen let them beمِنminfromوَرَآئِكُمْwarāikumbehind you [all]وَلْتَأْتِwaltatiand let [it] come (forward)طَآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupأُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother,لَمْlam(which has) notيُصَلُّوا۟yuṣallū[they] pray,فَلْيُصَلُّوا۟falyuṣallūthen let them prayمَعَكَmaʿakaalong with youوَلْيَأْخُذُوا۟walyakhudhūand let them takeحِذْرَهُمْḥidh'rahumtheir precautionsوَأَسْلِحَتَهُمْwa-asliḥatahumand their arms / weapons.وَدَّwadda[He] wishedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedلَوْlawifتَغْفُلُونَtaghfulūnayou [all] neglect عَنْʿan[about]أَسْلِحَتِكُمْasliḥatikumyour arms / weaponsوَأَمْتِعَتِكُمْwa-amtiʿatikumand your baggage / equipmentفَيَمِيلُونَfayamīlūnaso (that) they (can) assaultعَلَيْكُمʿalaykum[upon] you [all]مَّيْلَةًmaylatanan attackوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatansingle (once and for all).وَلَاwalāBut (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]إِنinifكَانَkānait wasبِكُمْbikumwith you [all]أَذًىadhansuffering / harm / hamperingمِّنminfromمَّطَرٍmaṭarinrainأَوْaworكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] wereمَّرْضَىٰٓmarḍāsickأَنanthatتَضَعُوٓا۟taḍaʿūyou [all] lay downأَسْلِحَتَكُمْasliḥatakumyour arms / weapons,وَخُذُوا۟wakhudhūbut take [you all]حِذْرَكُمْḥidh'rakumyour precautions.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodأَعَدَّaʿadda[He] preparedلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversعَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionمُّهِينًاmuhīnanhumiliating / shameful. ﴿١٠٢﴾

[4:103] Once you complete your Contact Prayer (Salat), you shall remember GOD while standing, sitting, or lying down.* Once the war is over, you shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat); the Contact Prayers (Salat) are decreed for the believers at specific times.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenقَضَيْتُمُqaḍaytumuyou [all] finishedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat),فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen remember [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodقِيَـٰمًاqiyāman(while) standingوَقُعُودًاwaquʿūdanand sittingوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand onجُنُوبِكُمْjunūbikumyour sides.فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut whenٱطْمَأْنَنتُمْiṭ'manantumyou [all] were secure / have peaceفَأَقِيمُوا۟fa-aqīmūthen observe [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)كَانَتْkānatit has beenعَلَىʿalāforٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersكِتَـٰبًاkitābanprescribedمَّوْقُوتًاmawqūtan(at) fixed times. ﴿١٠٣﴾

*4:103 Your god is whoever or whatever occupies your mind most of the day. In order to belong in God's kingdom, and enjoy His grace and protection, the Quran exhorts us to remember God "always" (2:152 & 200, 3:191, 33:41-42). This profound fact explains the numerous verses asserting that "most" of those who believe in God are going to Hell (12:106, 23:84-89, 29:61-63, 31:25, 39:38, 43:87). See Footnote 3:191 and Appendix 27.

[4:104] Do not waver in pursuing the enemy. If you suffer, they also suffer. However, you expect from GOD what they never expect. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَهِنُوا۟tahinū[you all] be weak / waverفِىfīinٱبْتِغَآءِib'tighāipursuingٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) the people.إِنinIfتَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou [all] areتَأْلَمُونَtalamūna[you all are] suffering,فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed, theyيَأْلَمُونَyalamūna[they] are suffering (also)كَمَاkamālikeتَأْلَمُونَtalamūnayou [all] are suffering,وَتَرْجُونَwatarjūnawhile you [all] hope / expectمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotيَرْجُونَyarjūnathey expect.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١٠٤﴾

[4:105] We have sent down to you the scripture, truthfully, in order to judge among the people in accordance with what GOD has shown you. You shall not side with the betrayers.

إِنَّآinnāIndeed, [we]أَنزَلْنَآanzalnāwe sent downإِلَيْكَilaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth (*truthfully)لِتَحْكُمَlitaḥkumaso that you may judgeبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleبِمَآbimāwith whatأَرَىٰكَarāka[He] showed youٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَكُنtakun[you] beلِّلْخَآئِنِينَlil'khāinīnaof the betrayersخَصِيمًاkhaṣīmancontentious. ﴿١٠٥﴾

[4:106] You shall implore GOD for forgiveness. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَٱسْتَغْفِرِwa-is'taghfiriAnd seek forgivenessٱللَّهَl-laha(from) God.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿١٠٦﴾

[4:107] Do not argue on behalf of those who have wronged their own souls; GOD does not love any betrayer, guilty.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُجَـٰدِلْtujādil[you] argueعَنِʿaniforٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَخْتَانُونَyakhtānūnathey deceive / betrayأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesمَنman(the one) whoكَانَkānahe wasخَوَّانًاkhawwānana betrayerأَثِيمًاathīmansinful. ﴿١٠٧﴾

[4:108] They hide from the people, and do not care to hide from GOD, though He is with them as they harbor ideas He dislikes. GOD is fully aware of everything they do.

يَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūnaThey seek to hideمِنَminafromٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleوَلَاwalāand notيَسْتَخْفُونَyastakhfūnathey seek to hideمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَهُوَwahuwawhile He (is)مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith themإِذْidhwhenيُبَيِّتُونَyubayyitūnathey plot by night (*harbor ideas)مَاmāthatلَاlānotيَرْضَىٰyarḍāHe approvesمِنَminaofٱلْقَوْلِl-qawlithe word / thought (ideas).وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِمَاbimāin whatيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey doمُحِيطًاmuḥīṭanfully aware. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[4:109] Here you are arguing on their behalf in this world; who is going to argue with GOD on their behalf on the Day of Resurrection? Who is going to be their advocate?

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantumHere you [all] wereهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (who)جَـٰدَلْتُمْjādaltum[you [all] arguedعَنْهُمْʿanhumfor themفِىfīinٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,فَمَنfamanbut whoيُجَـٰدِلُyujādiluhe will argueٱللَّهَl-laha(with) Godعَنْهُمْʿanhumfor themيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionأَمamorمَّنmanwhoيَكُونُyakūnuhe will beعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim[over them]وَكِيلًاwakīlan(their) defender / advocate. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[4:110] Anyone who commits evil, or wrongs his soul, then implores GOD for forgiveness, will find GOD Forgiving, Most Merciful.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَعْمَلْyaʿmal[he] doesسُوٓءًاsūanevilأَوْaworيَظْلِمْyaẓlimhe wrongsنَفْسَهُۥnafsahuhis soulثُمَّthummathenيَسْتَغْفِرِyastaghfiri[he] seeks forgivenessٱللَّهَl-laha(from) Godيَجِدِyajidihe will findٱللَّهَl-lahaGodغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿١١٠﴾

[4:111] Anyone who earns a sin, earns it to the detriment of his own soul. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَكْسِبْyaksib[he] earnsإِثْمًاith'mana sin,فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyيَكْسِبُهُۥyaksibuhuhe earns itعَلَىٰʿalāagainstنَفْسِهِۦnafsihihis soul.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١١١﴾

[4:112] Anyone who earns a sin, then accuses an innocent person thereof, has committed a blasphemy and a gross offense.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَكْسِبْyaksibhe earnsخَطِيٓـَٔةًkhaṭīatana faultأَوْaworإِثْمًاith'mana sinثُمَّthummathenيَرْمِyarmihe accusesبِهِۦbihiby itبَرِيٓـًٔاbarīanan innocent (person),فَقَدِfaqadithen surelyٱحْتَمَلَiḥ'tamalahe boreبُهْتَـٰنًاbuh'tānana slanderوَإِثْمًاwa-ith'manand a sinمُّبِينًاmubīnanmanifest / flagrant. ﴿١١٢﴾

[4:113] If it were not for GOD's grace towards you, and His mercy, some of them would have misled you. They only mislead themselves, and they can never harm you in the least. GOD has sent down to you the scripture and wisdom, and He has taught you what you never knew. Indeed, GOD's blessings upon you have been great.

وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if notفَضْلُfaḍlugrace (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodعَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon youوَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His mercyلَهَمَّتlahammatsurely [it] intendedطَّآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupمِّنْهُمْmin'humof themأَنanthatيُضِلُّوكَyuḍillūka[they] will mislead you.وَمَاwamāBut notيُضِلُّونَyuḍillūnathey misleadإِلَّآillāexceptأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves,وَمَاwamāand notيَضُرُّونَكَyaḍurrūnakathey will harm youمِنminfromشَىْءٍshayinanything.وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaAnd [He] sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureوَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand [the] wisdomوَعَلَّمَكَwaʿallamakaand He taught youمَاmāwhatلَمْlamnotتَكُنtakunyou used toتَعْلَمُtaʿlamu[you] know.وَكَانَwakānaAnd it wasفَضْلُfaḍlu(the) graceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon youعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿١١٣﴾

[4:114] There is nothing good about their private conferences, except for those who advocate charity, or righteous works, or making peace among the people. Anyone who does this, in response to GOD's teachings, we will grant him a great recompense.

لَّاlā(There is) noخَيْرَkhayragoodفِىfīinكَثِيرٍkathīrinmuchمِّنminofنَّجْوَىٰهُمْnajwāhumtheir secret talkإِلَّاillāexceptمَنْman(he) whoأَمَرَamara[he] ordered / advocatedبِصَدَقَةٍbiṣadaqatinfor charityأَوْaworمَعْرُوفٍmaʿrūfinkindness / morality / righteousness أَوْaworإِصْلَـٰحٍۭiṣ'lāḥinreconciliationبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people.وَمَنwamanAnd whoيَفْعَلْyafʿal[he] doesذَٰلِكَdhālikathatٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseekingمَرْضَاتِmarḍātipleasureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godفَسَوْفَfasawfathen soonنُؤْتِيهِnu'tīhiwe will grant himأَجْرًاajrana rewardعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿١١٤﴾

[4:115] As for him who opposes the messenger, after the guidance has been pointed out to him, and follows other than the believers' way, we will direct him in the direction he has chosen, and commit him to Hell; what a miserable destiny!

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُشَاقِقِyushāqiqi[he] opposesٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messengerمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatتَبَيَّنَtabayyana[it] became clear / evidentلَهُlahuto him (of)ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance,وَيَتَّبِعْwayattabiʿand he followsغَيْرَghayraother thanسَبِيلِsabīli(the) way (of)ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers,نُوَلِّهِۦnuwallihiwe will direct him (to)مَاmāwhatتَوَلَّىٰtawallāhe directed / undertookوَنُصْلِهِۦwanuṣ'lihiand we will cast / burn himجَهَنَّمَjahannama(in) Hellوَسَآءَتْwasāatand it is a miserableمَصِيرًاmaṣīrandestination / destiny. ﴿١١٥﴾

[4:116] GOD does not forgive idol worship (if maintained until death),* and He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He wills. Anyone who idolizes any idol beside GOD has strayed far astray.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَغْفِرُyaghfiruHe will forgiveأَنanthatيُشْرَكَyush'rakaHe has partners associatedبِهِۦbihiwith Him,وَيَغْفِرُwayaghfirubut He will forgiveمَاmāwhatدُونَdūnaother thanذَٰلِكَdhālikathatلِمَنlimanfor whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُشْرِكْyush'rikhe associates partnersبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Godفَقَدْfaqadthen surelyضَلَّḍallahe strayed,ضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālanastrayبَعِيدًاbaʿīdanfar away. ﴿١١٦﴾

*4:116 A simple definition of idolatry: Believing that anything beside God can help you.

[4:117] They even worship female gods besides Him; as a matter of fact, they only worship a rebellious devil.

إِنinNotيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke / worshipمِنminfromدُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Himإِلَّآillābutإِنَـٰثًاināthanfemales (deities)وَإِنwa-inand notيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke / worshipإِلَّاillāexceptشَيْطَـٰنًاshayṭānandevilمَّرِيدًاmarīdanrebellious. ﴿١١٧﴾

[4:118] GOD has condemned him, and he said, "I will surely recruit a definite share of Your worshipers.*

لَّعَنَهُlaʿanahu[He] cursed himٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said,لَأَتَّخِذَنَّla-attakhidhanna"Surely I will take / seizeمِنْminfromعِبَادِكَʿibādikaYour worshipersنَصِيبًاnaṣībana portionمَّفْرُوضًاmafrūḍandetermined / settled / definite." ﴿١١٨﴾

*4:118 The majority of believers in God fall into idolatry (12:106).

[4:119] "I will mislead them, I will entice them, I will command them to (forbid the eating of certain meats by) marking the ears of livestock, and I will command them to distort the creation of GOD." Anyone who accepts the devil as a lord, instead of GOD, has incurred a profound loss.

وَلَأُضِلَّنَّهُمْwala-uḍillannahum"And surely I will mislead themوَلَأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْwala-umanniyannahumand surely I will entice them,وَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْwalaāmurannahumand surely I will order themفَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّfalayubattikunnathen surely they will cut off / sliceءَاذَانَādhāna(the) ears (of)ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmithe cattleوَلَـَٔامُرَنَّهُمْwalaāmurannahumand surely I will order themفَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّfalayughayyirunnathen surely they will change / alterخَلْقَkhalqa(the) creationٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God."وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَّخِذِyattakhidhihe takesٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe devilوَلِيًّاwaliyyan(as) a friend / allyمِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,فَقَدْfaqadthen surelyخَسِرَkhasirahe lostخُسْرَانًاkhus'rānana lossمُّبِينًاmubīnanmanifest / profound. ﴿١١٩﴾

[4:120] He promises them and entices them; what the devil promises is no more than an illusion.

يَعِدُهُمْyaʿiduhumHe promises themوَيُمَنِّيهِمْwayumannīhimand he arouses / entices themوَمَاwamāand notيَعِدُهُمُyaʿiduhumu[he] promises themٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilإِلَّاillāexceptغُرُورًاghurūrandeception / illusion. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[4:121] These have incurred Hell as their final abode, and can never evade it.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseمَأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhumtheir abode (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHellوَلَاwalāand notيَجِدُونَyajidūnathey will findعَنْهَاʿanhāfrom itمَحِيصًاmaḥīṣana place of escape. ﴿١٢١﴾

[4:122] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, we will admit them into gardens with flowing streams, wherein they live forever. Such is the truthful promise of GOD. Whose utterances are more truthful than GOD's?

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deedsسَنُدْخِلُهُمْsanud'khiluhumwe will admit themجَنَّـٰتٍjannātin(in) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] eternally abidingفِيهَآfīhāin itأَبَدًاabadanforever.وَعْدَwaʿdaA promiseٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godحَقًّاḥaqqan(in) truth,وَمَنْwamanand who (is)أَصْدَقُaṣdaqumore truthfulمِنَminathanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodقِيلًاqīlan(in) statement? ﴿١٢٢﴾

[4:123] It is not in accordance with your wishes, or the wishes of the people of the scripture: anyone who commits evil pays for it, and will have no helper or supporter, against GOD.

لَّيْسَlaysaNotبِأَمَانِيِّكُمْbi-amāniyyikumby your wishesوَلَآwalāand notأَمَانِىِّamāniyyi(by the) wishesأَهْلِahli(of the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture.مَنmanWhoeverيَعْمَلْyaʿmalhe doesسُوٓءًاsūanevilيُجْزَyuj'zahe will payبِهِۦbihifor itوَلَاwalāand notيَجِدْyajidhe will findلَهُۥlahufor himمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَلِيًّاwaliyyana protector / supporterوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرًاnaṣīrana helper. ﴿١٢٣﴾

[4:124] As for those who lead a righteous life, male or female, while believing, they enter Paradise; without the slightest injustice.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَعْمَلْyaʿmalhe doesمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deedsمِنminfromذَكَرٍdhakarin(the) maleأَوْaworأُنثَىٰunthāfemale,وَهُوَwahuwaand he (is)مُؤْمِنٌmu'minuna believer,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseيَدْخُلُونَyadkhulūnathey will enterٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata[the] Paradiseوَلَاwalāand notيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnathey will be wrongedنَقِيرًاnaqīran(even as much as) the speck on a date-seed. ﴿١٢٤﴾

[4:125] Who is better guided in his religion than one who submits totally to GOD, leads a righteous life, according to the creed of Abraham: monotheism? GOD has chosen Abraham as a beloved friend.

وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanubetter (guided)دِينًاdīnan(in) religionمِّمَّنْmimmanthan (one) whoأَسْلَمَaslamahe submittedوَجْهَهُۥwajhahuhis face / aim (*to direct one's devotion / purpose / whole being towards)لِلَّهِlillahito Godوَهُوَwahuwaand he (is)مُحْسِنٌmuḥ'sinunone who is righteousوَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand he followedمِلَّةَmillata(the) religion (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbraham,حَنِيفًاḥanīfanmonotheism?وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaAnd [He] tookٱللَّهُl-lahuGodإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamخَلِيلًاkhalīlan(as) a beloved friend. ﴿١٢٥﴾

*4:125 All messengers since Adam have preached one and the same religion. Abraham was the original messenger of the creed named "Islam" (22:78, Appendix 26). "Islam" is not a name, but rather a description meaning "Submission."

[4:126] To GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. GOD is in full control of all things.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)مَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand what (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,وَكَانَwakānaand [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthingمُّحِيطًاmuḥīṭanfully aware / full control. ﴿١٢٦﴾

[4:127] They consult you concerning women: say, "GOD enlightens you regarding them, as recited for you in the scripture. You shall restore the rights of orphaned girls whom you cheat out of their due dowries when you wish to marry them: you shall not take advantage of them. The rights of orphaned boys must also be protected as well. You shall treat the orphans equitably. Whatever good you do, GOD is fully aware thereof."

وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَwayastaftūnakaAnd they seek your rulingفِىfīconcerningٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women.قُلِquliSay,ٱللَّهُl-lahu"Godيُفْتِيكُمْyuf'tīkum[He] gives you [all] the ruling / explains to you [all]فِيهِنَّfīhinnaabout them (the women)وَمَاwamāand whatيُتْلَىٰyut'lāit is recitedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]فِىfīinٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureفِىfīconcerningيَتَـٰمَىyatāmāorphans.ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāiThe womenٱلَّـٰتِىallātī(to) those whomلَاlānotتُؤْتُونَهُنَّtu'tūnahunnayou [all] give themمَاmāwhatكُتِبَkutibait was decreedلَهُنَّlahunnafor themوَتَرْغَبُونَwatarghabūnaand you [all] wish / desireأَنanthatتَنكِحُوهُنَّtankiḥūhunnayou [all] marry them.وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَwal-mus'taḍʿafīnaAnd the ones who are weak / oppressedمِنَminafromٱلْوِلْدَٰنِl-wil'dānithe children.وَأَنwa-anAnd thatتَقُومُوا۟taqūmū[you all] establish / guard / stand up (protect)لِلْيَتَـٰمَىٰlil'yatāmāfor the orphansبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiwith [the] justice (*justly / equitably).وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou [all] doمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringoodفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisبِهِۦbihithereofعَلِيمًاʿalīmanKnower." ﴿١٢٧﴾

[4:128] If a woman senses oppression or desertion from her husband, the couple shall try to reconcile their differences, for conciliation is best for them. Selfishness is a human trait, and if you do good and lead a righteous life, GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.

وَإِنِwa-iniAnd ifٱمْرَأَةٌim'ra-atuna womanخَافَتْkhāfatshe fearedمِنۢminfromبَعْلِهَاbaʿlihāher husbandنُشُوزًاnushūzanill-conduct / animosity / disobedience (oppression)أَوْaworإِعْرَاضًاiʿ'rāḍandesertionفَلَاfalāthen (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْهِمَآʿalayhimāon both of themأَنanthatيُصْلِحَاyuṣ'liḥāthey both set right / reconcileبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween both of themصُلْحًاṣul'ḥana reconciliationوَٱلصُّلْحُwal-ṣul'ḥuand [the] reconciliation (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbest.وَأُحْضِرَتِwa-uḥ'ḍiratiAnd [it] were brought / presentedٱلْأَنفُسُl-anfusuthe souls / selvesٱلشُّحَّl-shuḥathe selfishness.وَإِنwa-inBut ifتُحْسِنُوا۟tuḥ'sinūyou [all] do goodوَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand you [all] lead a righteous lifeفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkāna[He] isبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doخَبِيرًاkhabīranCognizant. ﴿١٢٨﴾

[4:129] You can never be equitable in dealing with more than one wife, no matter how hard you try. Therefore, do not be so biased as to leave one of them hanging (neither enjoying marriage, nor left to marry someone else). If you correct this situation and maintain righteousness, GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَلَنwalanAnd neverتَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟tastaṭīʿūyou [all] will be ableأَنanthatتَعْدِلُوا۟taʿdilūyou [all] deal justly / equitablyبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi[the] womenوَلَوْwalaweven ifحَرَصْتُمْḥaraṣtumyou [all] desired (to).فَلَاfalāBut (do) notتَمِيلُوا۟tamīlūyou [all] inclineكُلَّkulla(with) allٱلْمَيْلِl-maylithe inclinationفَتَذَرُوهَاfatadharūhāand you [all] leave her (the other)كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِkal-muʿalaqatilike the one hanging.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُصْلِحُوا۟tuṣ'liḥūyou [all] reconcile / set affairs rightوَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand you [all] maintain righteousness,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkāna[He] isغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿١٢٩﴾

*4:129 See Appendix 30, entitled "Polygamy."

[4:130] If the couple must decide to part, GOD will provide for each of them from His bounties. GOD is Bounteous, Most Wise.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَتَفَرَّقَاyatafarraqāthey both separate,يُغْنِyugh'ni[He] will enrichٱللَّهُl-lahuGodكُلًّاkullaneach (of them)مِّنminfromسَعَتِهِۦsaʿatihiHis abundance,وَكَانَwakānaand [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَٰسِعًاwāsiʿanAll-Encompassing / Bounteous,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١٣٠﴾

[4:131] To GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth, and we have enjoined on those who received the scripture before you, and enjoined on you, that you shall reverence GOD. If you disbelieve, then to GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. GOD is in no need, Praiseworthy.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for sureوَصَّيْنَاwaṣṣaynāwe enjoinedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all]وَإِيَّاكُمْwa-iyyākumand for you [all] (as well)أَنِanithatٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūreverence [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod.وَإِنwa-inBut ifتَكْفُرُوا۟takfurūyou [all] disbelieveفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeedلِلَّهِlillahifor God (is)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodغَنِيًّاghaniyyanFree of need,حَمِيدًاḥamīdanPraiseworthy. ﴿١٣١﴾

[4:132] To GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth, and GOD is the only Protector.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَكَفَىٰwakafāand sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)وَكِيلًاwakīlana Protector / Defender. ﴿١٣٢﴾

[4:133] If He wills, He can annihilate you, O people, and substitute others in your place. GOD is certainly able to do this.

إِنinIfيَشَأْyashaHe willsيُذْهِبْكُمْyudh'hib'kumHe can take you [all] away,أَيُّهَاayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people,وَيَأْتِwayatiand He will bringبِـَٔاخَرِينَbiākharīnain others.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverذَٰلِكَdhālikathatقَدِيرًاqadīranAble / Powerful. ﴿١٣٣﴾

[4:134] Anyone who seeks the materials of this world should know that GOD possesses both the materials of this world and the Hereafter. GOD is Hearer, Seer.

مَّنmanWhoeverكَانَkānahe used toيُرِيدُyurīdu[he] desireثَوَابَthawābareward (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldفَعِندَfaʿindathen withٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)ثَوَابُthawābu(the) reward (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodسَمِيعًۢاsamīʿanHearer,بَصِيرًاbaṣīranSeer. ﴿١٣٤﴾

[4:135] O you who believe, you shall be absolutely equitable, and observe GOD, when you serve as witnesses, even against yourselves, or your parents, or your relatives. Whether the accused is rich or poor, GOD takes care of both. Therefore, do not be biased by your personal wishes. If you deviate or disregard (this commandment), then GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!كُونُوا۟kūnūBe [you all]قَوَّٰمِينَqawwāmīnafull maintainers / guardians / protectors / observersبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiof [the] justiceشُهَدَآءَshuhadāa(as) witnessesلِلَّهِlillahito God,وَلَوْwalaweven ifعَلَىٰٓʿalā(it is) againstأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselvesأَوِawiorٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِl-wālidaynithe parentsوَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the relatives.إِنinifيَكُنْyakunhe beغَنِيًّاghaniyyanrichأَوْaworفَقِيرًاfaqīranpoor,فَٱللَّهُfal-lahufor God (is)أَوْلَىٰawlānearer / takes careبِهِمَاbihimāboth of them.فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿū[you all] followٱلْهَوَىٰٓl-hawāthe desire / opinion / wishesأَنanlestتَعْدِلُوا۟taʿdilūyou [all] deviate.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَلْوُۥٓا۟talwūyou [all] distort / turn back أَوْaworتُعْرِضُوا۟tuʿ'riḍūyou [all] turn away,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkāna[He] isبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doخَبِيرًاkhabīranCognizant. ﴿١٣٥﴾

[4:136] O you who believe, you shall believe in GOD and His messenger, and the scripture He has revealed through His messenger, and the scripture He has revealed before that. Anyone who refuses to believe in GOD, and His angels, and His scriptures, and His messengers, and the Last Day, has indeed strayed far astray.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger,وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiand the scriptureٱلَّذِىalladhīwhichنَزَّلَnazzalaHe revealedعَلَىٰʿalātoرَسُولِهِۦrasūlihiHis messengerوَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiand the scriptureٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhichأَنزَلَanzalaHe revealedمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَكْفُرْyakfurhe disbelievesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦwamalāikatihiand His angels,وَكُتُبِهِۦwakutubihiand His scriptures,وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengersوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,فَقَدْfaqadthen surelyضَلَّḍallahe strayed,ضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālanastrayبَعِيدًاbaʿīdanfar away. ﴿١٣٦﴾

[4:137] Surely, those who believe, then disbelieve, then believe, then disbelieve, then plunge deeper into disbelief, GOD will not forgive them, nor will He guide them in any way.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,ثُمَّthummathenكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved,ثُمَّthummathen (again) ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,ثُمَّthummathen (again) كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved,ثُمَّthummathenٱزْدَادُوا۟iz'dādūthey increasedكُفْرًاkuf'ran(in) disbeliefلَّمْlamnotيَكُنِyakuni[He] willٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيَغْفِرَliyaghfirathat [He] may forgiveلَهُمْlahum[for] themوَلَاwalāand notلِيَهْدِيَهُمْliyahdiyahumthat He may guide themسَبِيلًۢاsabīlan(in any) way. ﴿١٣٧﴾

[4:138] Inform the hypocrites that they have incurred painful retribution.

بَشِّرِbashiriGive news / Promise / Informٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocritesبِأَنَّbi-annathatلَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionأَلِيمًاalīmanpainful. ﴿١٣٨﴾

[4:139] They are the ones who ally themselves with disbelievers instead of believers. Are they seeking dignity with them? All dignity belongs with GOD alone.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَتَّخِذُونَyattakhidhūnathey takeٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelieversأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaalliesمِنminfromدُونِdūniinstead ofٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers.أَيَبْتَغُونَayabtaghūnaAre they seekingعِندَهُمُʿindahumufrom themٱلْعِزَّةَl-ʿizatathe dignity?فَإِنَّfa-innaBut indeed,ٱلْعِزَّةَl-ʿizatathe dignityلِلَّهِlillahifor God (is)جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall. ﴿١٣٩﴾

[4:140] He has instructed you in the scripture that: if you hear GOD's revelations being mocked and ridiculed, you shall not sit with them, unless they delve into another subject. Otherwise, you will be as guilty as they are. GOD will gather the hypocrites and the disbelievers together in Hell.

وَقَدْwaqadAnd surelyنَزَّلَnazzalaHe revealedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]فِىfīinٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureأَنْanthatإِذَاidhāwhen [in the future]سَمِعْتُمْsamiʿ'tumyou [all] hearedءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godيُكْفَرُyuk'faruhe rejectsبِهَاbihāin it,وَيُسْتَهْزَأُwayus'tahza-uand he ridiculesبِهَاbihāin it,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَقْعُدُوا۟taqʿudū[you all] sitمَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith themحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍūthey delveفِىfīinحَدِيثٍḥadīthina conversation / subjectغَيْرِهِۦٓghayrihiother than it.إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all]إِذًاidhanthen (would be)مِّثْلُهُمْmith'luhumlike them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,جَامِعُjāmiʿugatherer (of)ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocritesوَٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَwal-kāfirīnaand the disbelieversفِىfīinجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall together. ﴿١٤٠﴾

[4:141] They watch you and wait; if you attain victory from GOD, they say (to you), "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers get a turn, they say (to them), "Did we not side with you, and protect you from the believers?" GOD will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection. GOD will never permit the disbelievers to prevail over the believers.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَتَرَبَّصُونَyatarabbaṣūnathey lay in waitبِكُمْbikumfor you [all].فَإِنfa-inThen ifكَانَkānait wasلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فَتْحٌfatḥuna victoryمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,أَلَمْalam"Were notنَكُنnakunwe [were]مَّعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all]?"وَإِنwa-inBut ifكَانَkānait wasلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversنَصِيبٌnaṣībuna portion / share / turn -قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,أَلَمْalam"Did notنَسْتَحْوِذْnastaḥwidhwe keep with careعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]وَنَمْنَعْكُمwanamnaʿkumand we protected you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers?"فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuAnd Godيَحْكُمُyaḥkumu[He] will judgeبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,وَلَنwalanand neverيَجْعَلَyajʿala[He] will makeٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersسَبِيلًاsabīlana way / path. ﴿١٤١﴾

[4:142] The hypocrites think that they are deceiving GOD, but He is the One who leads them on. When they get up for the Contact Prayer (Salat), they get up lazily. That is because they only show off in front of the people, and rarely do they think of GOD.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocritesيُخَـٰدِعُونَyukhādiʿūnathey try to deceiveٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَهُوَwahuwaand (it is) He (who)خَـٰدِعُهُمْkhādiʿuhum[He] deceived them.وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقَامُوٓا۟qāmūthey stoodإِلَىilāforٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe Contact Prayer (Salat),قَامُوا۟qāmūthey stoodكُسَالَىٰkusālālazily,يُرَآءُونَyurāūnathey showing off (to)ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleوَلَاwalāand notيَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnathey rememberٱللَّهَl-lahaGodإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana little (rarely). ﴿١٤٢﴾

[4:143] They waver in between, neither belonging to this group, nor that group. Whomever GOD sends astray, you will never find a way to guide him.

مُّذَبْذَبِينَmudhabdhabīnaThose waverبَيْنَbaynabetweenذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,لَآlānotإِلَىٰilātoهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseوَلَآwalāand notإِلَىٰilātoهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُضْلِلِyuḍ'lili[He] sends astrayٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَلَنfalanthen neverتَجِدَtajidayou will findلَهُۥlahufor himسَبِيلًاsabīlana way. ﴿١٤٣﴾

[4:144] O you who believe, you shall not ally yourselves with the disbelievers, instead of the believers. Do you wish to provide GOD with a clear proof against you?

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhū[you all] takeٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelieversأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) alliesمِنminfromدُونِdūniinstead ofٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers.أَتُرِيدُونَaturīdūnaDo you [all] wishأَنanthatتَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalūyou [all] makeلِلَّهِlillahifor Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you [all]سُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānana proofمُّبِينًاmubīnanclear? ﴿١٤٤﴾

[4:145] The hypocrites will be committed to the lowest pit of Hell, and you will find no one to help them.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocritesفِىfī(will be) inٱلدَّرْكِl-darkithe limit / abyss / bottomٱلْأَسْفَلِl-asfalithe lowestمِنَminaofٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire,وَلَنwalanand neverتَجِدَtajidayou will findلَهُمْlahumfor themنَصِيرًاnaṣīrana helper ﴿١٤٥﴾

[4:146] Only those who repent, reform, hold fast to GOD, and devote their religion absolutely to GOD alone, will be counted with the believers. GOD will bless the believers with a great recompense.

إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedوَأَصْلَحُوا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand [they] reformedوَٱعْتَصَمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣamūand [they] held fastبِٱللَّهِbil-lahito Godوَأَخْلَصُوا۟wa-akhlaṣūand they devoted exclusivelyدِينَهُمْdīnahumtheir religionلِلَّهِlillahito God,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those (will be)مَعَmaʿawithٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers.وَسَوْفَwasawfaAnd soonيُؤْتِyu'ti[He] will giveٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersأَجْرًاajranrewardعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿١٤٦﴾

[4:147] What will GOD gain from punishing you, if you became appreciative and believed? GOD is Appreciative, Omniscient.

مَّاmāWhatيَفْعَلُyafʿalu[He] will do (gain)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِعَذَابِكُمْbiʿadhābikumby punishing you [all]إِنinifشَكَرْتُمْshakartumyou [all] were appreciativeوَءَامَنتُمْwaāmantumand you [all] believed?وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodشَاكِرًاshākiranAppreciative,عَلِيمًاʿalīmanKnower / Omniscient. ﴿١٤٧﴾

[4:148] GOD does not like the utterance of bad language, unless one is treated with gross injustice. GOD is Hearer, Knower.

لَّاlāNotيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْجَهْرَl-jahrathe public utteranceبِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiof [the] evil / badمِنَminaofٱلْقَوْلِl-qawlithe word(s)إِلَّاillāexceptمَنman(by the one) whoظُلِمَẓulima[he] was wronged / dealt unjustly.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodسَمِيعًاsamīʿanHearer,عَلِيمًاʿalīmanKnower. ﴿١٤٨﴾

[4:149] If you work righteousness - either declared or concealed - or pardon a transgression, GOD is Pardoner, Omnipotent.

إِنinIfتُبْدُوا۟tub'dūyou [all] discloseخَيْرًاkhayranany goodأَوْaworتُخْفُوهُtukh'fūhuyou [all] conceal itأَوْaworتَعْفُوا۟taʿfūyou [all] pardonعَنʿan[of]سُوٓءٍsūinan evil / transgression,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisعَفُوًّاʿafuwwanPardoner,قَدِيرًاqadīranOmnipotent. ﴿١٤٩﴾

[4:150] Those who disbelieve in GOD and His messengers, and seek to make distinction among GOD and His messengers, and say, "We believe in some and reject some," and wish to follow a path in between;

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna[they] disbelieveبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengersوَيُرِيدُونَwayurīdūnaand they wishأَنanthatيُفَرِّقُوا۟yufarriqūthey differentiateبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengersوَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say,نُؤْمِنُnu'minu"We believeبِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinin someوَنَكْفُرُwanakfuruand we disbelieveبِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinin some."وَيُرِيدُونَwayurīdūnaAnd they wishأَنanthatيَتَّخِذُوا۟yattakhidhūthey takeبَيْنَbaynabetweenذَٰلِكَdhālikathatسَبِيلًاsabīlana path. ﴿١٥٠﴾

[4:151] these are the real disbelievers. We have prepared for the disbelievers a shameful retribution.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelieversحَقًّاḥaqqantrue.وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāAnd we preparedلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversعَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionمُّهِينًاmuhīnanhumiliating / shameful. ﴿١٥١﴾

[4:152] As for those who believe in GOD and His messengers, and make no distinction among them, He will grant them their recompense. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengersوَلَمْwalamand notيُفَرِّقُوا۟yufarriqūthey differentiateبَيْنَbaynabetweenأَحَدٍaḥadinany oneمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseسَوْفَsawfasoonيُؤْتِيهِمْyu'tīhimHe will give themأُجُورَهُمْujūrahumtheir reward.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving,رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿١٥٢﴾

[4:153] The people of the scripture challenge you to bring down to them a book from the sky! They have asked Moses for more than that, saying, "Show us GOD, physically." Consequently, the lightning struck them, as a consequence of their audacity. Additionally, they worshiped the calf, after all the miracles they had seen. Yet, we pardoned all this. We supported Moses with profound miracles.

يَسْـَٔلُكَyasaluka[He] asks youأَهْلُahlu(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureأَنanthatتُنَزِّلَtunazzilayou bring downعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto themكِتَـٰبًاkitābana bookمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven.فَقَدْfaqadThen indeed,سَأَلُوا۟sa-alūthey askedمُوسَىٰٓmūsāMosesأَكْبَرَakbaragreaterمِنminthanذَٰلِكَdhālikathatفَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūfor they said,أَرِنَاarinā"Show usٱللَّهَl-lahaGodجَهْرَةًjahratanopenly (physically)."فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo [it] struck themٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderboltبِظُلْمِهِمْbiẓul'mihimfor their wrongdoing.ثُمَّthummaThenٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey tookٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf (for worship)مِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmā[that]جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumu[it] came to themٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs,فَعَفَوْنَاfaʿafawnāthen we pardoned (them)عَنʿanforذَٰلِكَdhālikathat.وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd we gaveمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesسُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanan authority / proofمُّبِينًاmubīnanclear / profound. ﴿١٥٣﴾

[4:154] And we raised Mount Sinai above them, as we took their covenant. And we said to them, "Enter the gate humbly." And we said to them, "Do not desecrate the Sabbath." Indeed, we took from them a solemn covenant.

وَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāAnd we raisedفَوْقَهُمُfawqahumuover themٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe mountبِمِيثَـٰقِهِمْbimīthāqihimfor their covenant,وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāand we saidلَهُمُlahumuto them,ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū"Enter [you all]ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gate,سُجَّدًاsujjadanprostrating / humbly."وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd we saidلَهُمْlahumto them.لَاlā"(Do) notتَعْدُوا۟taʿdūyou [all] transgressفِىfīinٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe Sabbath."وَأَخَذْنَاwa-akhadhnāAnd we tookمِنْهُمmin'humfrom themمِّيثَـٰقًاmīthāqana covenantغَلِيظًاghalīẓanstrong / solemn. ﴿١٥٤﴾

[4:155] (They incurred condemnation) for violating their covenant, rejecting GOD's revelations, killing the prophets unjustly, and for saying, "Our minds are made up!" In fact, GOD is the One who sealed their minds, due to their disbelief, and this is why they fail to believe, except rarely.

فَبِمَاfabimāThen because (of)نَقْضِهِمnaqḍihimtheir breaking / violating (of)مِّيثَـٰقَهُمْmīthāqahumtheir covenantوَكُفْرِهِمwakuf'rihimand their disbeliefبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) signsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَقَتْلِهِمُwaqatlihimuand their killing (of)ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāathe prophetsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutحَقٍّḥaqqinany rightوَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihimand their saying,قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunā"Our hearts / minds (are)غُلْفٌۢghul'fununcircumcised / wrapped / covered (*made up)."بَلْbalNay,طَبَعَṭabaʿa[He] placed a sealٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāon it (their hearts)بِكُفْرِهِمْbikuf'rihimfor their disbeliefفَلَاfalāso notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle. ﴿١٥٥﴾

[4:156] (They are condemned) for disbelieving and uttering about Mary a gross lie.

وَبِكُفْرِهِمْwabikuf'rihimAnd for their disbeliefوَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihimand their sayingعَلَىٰʿalāagainstمَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryبُهْتَـٰنًاbuh'tānana slanderعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿١٥٦﴾

[4:157] And for claiming that they killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of GOD. In fact, they never killed him, they never crucified him - they were made to think that they did. All factions who are disputing in this matter are full of doubt concerning this issue. They possess no knowledge; they only conjecture. For certain, they never killed him.*

وَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihimAnd (for) their saying,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, weقَتَلْنَاqatalnā[we] killedٱلْمَسِيحَl-masīḥathe Messiah,عِيسَىʿīsāJesus,ٱبْنَib'nason (of)مَرْيَمَmaryamaMary,رَسُولَrasūla(the) messengerٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God."وَمَاwamāAnd notقَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed himوَمَاwamāand notصَلَبُوهُṣalabūhuthey crucified himوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutشُبِّهَshubbihait was made to resemble (so)لَهُمْlahumto them.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed / disputedفِيهِfīhiin itلَفِىlafī(are) surely inشَكٍّshakkindoubtمِّنْهُmin'huabout it.مَاmāNotلَهُمlahumfor themبِهِۦbihiabout itمِنْminanyعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledgeإِلَّاillāexceptٱتِّبَاعَittibāʿa(the) following (of)ٱلظَّنِّl-ẓani[the] assumption / conjecture.وَمَاwamāAnd notقَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed him,يَقِينًۢاyaqīnancertainly. ﴿١٥٧﴾

*4:157-158 Jesus, the real person, the soul, was raised in the same manner as in the death of any righteous person. Subsequently, his enemies arrested, tortured, and crucified his living, but empty, body. See Appendices 17 & 22, and the book "Jesus: Myths and Message" by Lisa Spray (Universal Unity, Fremont, California, 1992).

[4:158] Instead, GOD raised him to Him; GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

بَلbalNay,رَّفَعَهُrafaʿahu[He] raised himٱللَّهُl-lahuGodإِلَيْهِilayhito Him.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَزِيزًاʿazīzanAlmighty,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١٥٨﴾

[4:159] Everyone among the people of the scripture was required to believe in him before his death. On the Day of Resurrection, he will be a witness against them.

وَإِنwa-inAnd notمِّنْminfrom / any / amongأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureإِلَّاillāunlessلَيُؤْمِنَنَّlayu'minannasurely they will believeبِهِۦbihiin himقَبْلَqablabeforeمَوْتِهِۦmawtihihis death.وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionيَكُونُyakūnuhe will beعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst themشَهِيدًاshahīdana witness. ﴿١٥٩﴾

[4:160] Due to their transgressions, we prohibited for the Jews good foods that used to be lawful for them; also for consistently repelling from the path of GOD.

فَبِظُلْمٍfabiẓul'minThen for (the) wrongdoingمِّنَminaofٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoهَادُوا۟hādūthey were Jewish,حَرَّمْنَاḥarramnāwe prohibitedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themطَيِّبَـٰتٍṭayyibātingood thingsأُحِلَّتْuḥillatit was made lawfulلَهُمْlahumfor themوَبِصَدِّهِمْwabiṣaddihimand for their hinderingعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godكَثِيرًاkathīranmany. ﴿١٦٠﴾

[4:161] And for practicing usury, which was forbidden, and for consuming the people's money illicitly. We have prepared for the disbelievers among them painful retribution.

وَأَخْذِهِمُwa-akhdhihimuAnd (for) their taking (of)ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba[the] usuryوَقَدْwaqadwhile certainlyنُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbiddenعَنْهُʿanhufrom itوَأَكْلِهِمْwa-aklihimand (for) their consumingأَمْوَٰلَamwālawealth / property (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin [the] corruption (*corruptly / illicitly).وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnāAnd we preparedلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themعَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionأَلِيمًاalīmanpainful. ﴿١٦١﴾

[4:162] As for those among them who are well founded in knowledge, and the believers, they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you. They are observers of the Contact Prayers (Salat), and givers of the obligatory charity (Zakat); they are believers in GOD and the Last Day. We grant these a great recompense.

لَّـٰكِنِlākiniButٱلرَّٰسِخُونَl-rāsikhūnathe ones who are well foundedفِىfīinٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledgeمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themوَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaand the believersيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِمَآbimāin whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedمِنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore you.وَٱلْمُقِيمِينَwal-muqīmīnaAnd the ones who observeٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَٱلْمُؤْتُونَwal-mu'tūnaand the ones who giveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaand the ones who believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Lastأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose,سَنُؤْتِيهِمْsanu'tīhimwe will give themأَجْرًاajranrewardعَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangreat. ﴿١٦٢﴾

[4:163] We have inspired you, as we inspired Noah and the prophets after him. And we inspired Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, the Patriarchs, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon. And we gave David the Psalms.

إِنَّآinnāIndeed, weأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynā[we] revealed / inspiredإِلَيْكَilaykato youكَمَآkamāasأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāwe revealed / inspiredإِلَىٰilātoنُوحٍnūḥinNoahوَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَwal-nabiyīnaand the prophetsمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him.وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd we revealed / inspiredإِلَىٰٓilātoإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ismail,وَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaacوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Jacob,وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِwal-asbāṭiand the Patriarchs,وَعِيسَىٰwaʿīsāand Jesusوَأَيُّوبَwa-ayyūbaand Job,وَيُونُسَwayūnusaand Jonah,وَهَـٰرُونَwahārūnaand Aaronوَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymānaand Solomonوَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāand we gaveدَاوُۥدَdāwūda(to) Davidزَبُورًاzabūran(the) Psalms. ﴿١٦٣﴾

[4:164] Messengers we have told you about, and messengers we never told you about. And GOD spoke to Moses directly.

وَرُسُلًاwarusulanAnd messengersقَدْqadalreadyقَصَصْنَـٰهُمْqaṣaṣnāhumwe mentioned / narrated themعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubeforeوَرُسُلًاwarusulanand messengersلَّمْlamnotنَقْصُصْهُمْnaqṣuṣ'humwe mention / narrated themعَلَيْكَʿalaykato you.وَكَلَّمَwakallamaAnd [He] spokeٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمُوسَىٰmūsā(to) Mosesتَكْلِيمًاtaklīman(in a) conversation. ﴿١٦٤﴾

[4:165] Messengers to deliver good news, as well as warnings. Thus, the people will have no excuse when they face GOD, after all these messengers have come to them. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

رُّسُلًاrusulanMessengers,مُّبَشِّرِينَmubashirīnabearers of good newsوَمُنذِرِينَwamundhirīnaand warners,لِئَلَّاli-allāso that notيَكُونَyakūnathere isلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodحُجَّةٌۢḥujjatunany argumentبَعْدَbaʿdaafterٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe messengers.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَزِيزًاʿazīzanAlmighty,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١٦٥﴾

[4:166] But GOD bears witness concerning what He has revealed to you; He has revealed it with His knowledge. And the angels bear witness as well, but GOD suffices as witness.

لَّـٰكِنِlākiniButٱللَّهُl-lahuGodيَشْهَدُyashhadu[He] bears witnessبِمَآbimāto whatأَنزَلَanzalaHe revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato you.أَنزَلَهُۥanzalahuHe revealed itبِعِلْمِهِۦbiʿil'mihiwith His knowledgeوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the angelsيَشْهَدُونَyashhadūna[they] bear witness.وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)شَهِيدًاshahīdanWitness. ﴿١٦٦﴾

[4:167] Surely, those who disbelieve and repel from the way of GOD have strayed far astray.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَصَدُّوا۟waṣaddūand they hindered / repelledعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) wayٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,قَدْqadsurelyضَلُّوا۟ḍallūthey strayed,ضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālanastrayبَعِيدًاbaʿīdanfar away. ﴿١٦٧﴾

[4:168] Those who disbelieve and transgress, GOD will not forgive them, nor will He guide them in any way;

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَظَلَمُوا۟waẓalamūand [they] did wrong,لَمْlamnotيَكُنِyakuni[He] willٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيَغْفِرَliyaghfirathat He may forgiveلَهُمْlahumfor themوَلَاwalāand notلِيَهْدِيَهُمْliyahdiyahumthat He may guide themطَرِيقًاṭarīqan(to) a way. ﴿١٦٨﴾

[4:169] except the way to Hell, wherein they abide forever. This is easy for GOD to do.

إِلَّاillāExcept,طَرِيقَṭarīqa(the) wayجَهَنَّمَjahannama(to) Hell,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] eternally abidingفِيهَآfīhāin itأَبَدًاabadanforever.وَكَانَwakānaAnd it wasذَٰلِكَdhālika[that]عَلَىʿalāforٱللَّهِl-lahiGodيَسِيرًاyasīraneasy. ﴿١٦٩﴾

[4:170] O people, the messenger has come to you with the truth from your Lord. Therefore, you shall believe for your own good. If you disbelieve, then to GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. GOD is Omniscient, Most Wise.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!قَدْqadSurelyجَآءَكُمُjāakumu[he] came to you [all]ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messengerبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truthمِنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordفَـَٔامِنُوا۟faāminūso believe [you all],خَيْرًاkhayran(it is) betterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَإِنwa-inBut ifتَكْفُرُوا۟takfurūyou [all] disbelieve,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,لِلَّهِlillahito God (belongs)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [He] isٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,حَكِيمًاḥakīmanMost Wise. ﴿١٧٠﴾

[4:171] O people of the scripture, do not transgress the limits of your religion, and do not say about GOD except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was a messenger of GOD, and His word that He had sent to Mary, and a revelation from Him. Therefore, you shall believe in GOD and His messengers. You shall not say, "Trinity." You shall refrain from this for your own good. GOD is only one god. Be He glorified; He is much too glorious to have a son. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. GOD suffices as Lord and Master.

يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture!لَاlā(Do) notتَغْلُوا۟taghlū[you all] transgress the limitsفِىfīinدِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religionوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَقُولُوا۟taqūlū[you all] sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥuthe Messiah,عِيسَىʿīsāJesus,ٱبْنُub'nuson (of)مَرْيَمَmaryamaMary,رَسُولُrasūlu(was) a messenger (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓwakalimatuhuand His wordأَلْقَىٰهَآalqāhāHe gifted / sent itإِلَىٰilātoمَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryوَرُوحٌwarūḥunand a revelationمِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him.فَـَٔامِنُوا۟faāminūSo believe [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengers.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقُولُوا۟taqūlū[you all] say,ثَلَـٰثَةٌthalāthatun"Trinity."ٱنتَهُوا۟intahūRefrain [you all]خَيْرًاkhayran(it is) betterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyٱللَّهُl-lahuGod (is)إِلَـٰهٌilāhungodوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunOne.سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him!أَنanThatيَكُونَyakūnathere beلَهُۥlahufor Himوَلَدٌwaladuna son!لَّهُۥlahuTo Him (belongs)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient (is)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[in] God (as)وَكِيلًاwakīlana Disposer of affairs / Lord and Master. ﴿١٧١﴾

[4:172] The Messiah would never disdain from being a servant of GOD, nor would the closest angels. Those who disdain from worshiping Him, and are too arrogant to submit, He will summon them all before Him.

لَّنlanNeverيَسْتَنكِفَyastankifa[he] seeks to abstain / disdains,ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥuthe Messiah,أَنanthatيَكُونَyakūnahe beعَبْدًاʿabdana servantلِّلَّهِlillahiof Godوَلَاwalāand notٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angels,ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَl-muqarabūnathe ones who are near (to God).وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَسْتَنكِفْyastankifhe seeks to abstain / disdainsعَنْʿanfromعِبَادَتِهِۦʿibādatihiHis worshipوَيَسْتَكْبِرْwayastakbirand he turns arrogantفَسَيَحْشُرُهُمْfasayaḥshuruhumthen He will summon themإِلَيْهِilayhito Himجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall together. ﴿١٧٢﴾

[4:173] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, He will fully recompense them, and shower them with His grace. As for those who disdain and turn arrogant, He will commit them to painful retribution. They will find no lord beside GOD, nor a savior.

فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deedsفَيُوَفِّيهِمْfayuwaffīhimthen He will give them in fullأُجُورَهُمْujūrahumtheir rewardوَيَزِيدُهُمwayazīduhumand He will increase themمِّنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis grace.وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱسْتَنكَفُوا۟is'tankafū[they] sought to abstain / disdainedوَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand they turned arrogantفَيُعَذِّبُهُمْfayuʿadhibuhumthen He will punish themعَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment / retributionأَلِيمًاalīmanpainful,وَلَاwalāand notيَجِدُونَyajidūnathey will findلَهُمlahumfor them(selves)مِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَلِيًّاwaliyyanany protector / lordوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرًاnaṣīranany helper / savior. ﴿١٧٣﴾

[4:174] O people, a proof has come to you from your Lord; we have sent down to you a profound beacon.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!قَدْqadSurelyجَآءَكُمjāakum[it] came to you [all]بُرْهَـٰنٌbur'hānuna convincing proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord,وَأَنزَلْنَآwa-anzalnāand we sent downإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all]نُورًاnūranlightمُّبِينًاmubīnanclear / profound. ﴿١٧٤﴾

[4:175] Those who believe in GOD, and hold fast to Him, He will admit them into mercy from Him, and grace, and will guide them to Him in a straight path.

فَأَمَّاfa-ammāSo as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱعْتَصَمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣamūand they hold fastبِهِۦbihito Him,فَسَيُدْخِلُهُمْfasayud'khiluhumthen He will admit themفِىfīinرَحْمَةٍraḥmatinmercyمِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him(self)وَفَضْلٍwafaḍlinand graceوَيَهْدِيهِمْwayahdīhimand He guides themإِلَيْهِilayhito Himselfصِرَٰطًاṣirāṭan(on) a pathمُّسْتَقِيمًاmus'taqīmanstraight and right. ﴿١٧٥﴾

[4:176] They consult you; say, "GOD advises you concerning the single person. If one dies and leaves no children, and he had a sister, she gets half the inheritance. If she dies first, he inherits from her, if she left no children. If there were two sisters, they get two-thirds of the inheritance. If the siblings are men and women, the male gets twice the share of the female." GOD thus clarifies for you, lest you go astray. GOD is fully aware of all things.

يَسْتَفْتُونَكَyastaftūnakaThey seek your ruling.قُلِquliSay,ٱللَّهُl-lahu"Godيُفْتِيكُمْyuf'tīkum[He] gives you [all] a rulingفِىfīconcerningٱلْكَلَـٰلَةِl-kalālatithe single person / the person with no living parents or childrenإِنِiniifٱمْرُؤٌا۟im'ru-ona manهَلَكَhalakahe perished / diedلَيْسَlaysa(and) notلَهُۥlahufor himوَلَدٌwaladuna childوَلَهُۥٓwalahuand for himأُخْتٌukh'tuna sister,فَلَهَاfalahāthen for her (is)نِصْفُniṣ'fua half (of)مَاmāwhatتَرَكَtarakahe left.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd heيَرِثُهَآyarithuhā[he] will inherit from herإِنinifلَّمْlamnotيَكُنyakunit isلَّهَاlahāfor herوَلَدٌwaladuna child.فَإِنfa-inBut ifكَانَتَاkānatāthere wereٱثْنَتَيْنِith'nataynitwo femalesفَلَهُمَاfalahumāthen for both of themٱلثُّلُثَانِl-thuluthāni[the] two-thirdsمِمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكَtarakahe left.وَإِنwa-inBut ifكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey wereإِخْوَةًikh'watanbrothers and sistersرِّجَالًاrijālanmenوَنِسَآءًwanisāanand women,فَلِلذَّكَرِfalildhakarithen for the male (will have)مِثْلُmith'lulikeحَظِّḥaẓẓishare (of)ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِl-unthayaynithe two females.يُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakumto you [all]أَنanlestتَضِلُّوا۟taḍillūyou [all] go astray.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthingعَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿١٧٦﴾

Sura 4: Al-Nesa' (The Women) النساء

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