Surah An-Nisaa Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

4:41

فَكَیْفَ اِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍۭ بِشَهِیْدٍ وَّ جِئْنَا بِكَ عَلٰى هٰۤؤُلَآءِ شَهِیْدًاﳳ(۴۱)

How shall it be when We call witnesses from each and every people and call you as witness over them?

How then shall it be, when We bring forward from every nation a witness, and bring thee to witness against those?

4:42

یَوْمَىٕذٍ یَّوَدُّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا وَ عَصَوُا الرَّسُوْلَ لَوْ تُسَوّٰى بِهِمُ الْاَرْضُؕ-وَ لَا یَكْتُمُوْنَ اللّٰهَ حَدِیْثًا۠(۴۲)

On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Prophet, shall wish they were levelled with the dust, and shall not be able to conceal a thing from God.

Upon that day the unbelievers, those who have disobeyed the Messenger, will wish that the earth might be levelled with them; and they will not conceal from God one tiding.

4:43

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَ اَنْتُمْ سُكٰرٰى حَتّٰى تَعْلَمُوْا مَا تَقُوْلُوْنَ وَ لَا جُنُبًا اِلَّا عَابِرِیْ سَبِیْلٍ حَتّٰى تَغْتَسِلُوْاؕ-وَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَّرْضٰۤى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَآءَ اَحَدٌ مِّنْكُمْ مِّنَ الْغَآىٕطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوْا مَآءً فَتَیَمَّمُوْا صَعِیْدًا طَیِّبًا فَامْسَحُوْا بِوُجُوْهِكُمْ وَ اَیْدِیْكُمْؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا غَفُوْرًا(۴۳)

O you who believe, do not perform your service of prayer when you are intoxicated until you are sure of what you are saying, nor when in a state of seminal pollution, until you have taken a bath, except when you are travelling. But in case you are ill or are travelling, or you have relieved yourself of nature´s call, or cohabited with a woman, and cannot find water, then take wholesome dust and pass it over your face and hands: God is benign and forgiving.

O believers, draw not near to prayer when you are drunken until you know what you are saying, or defiled -- unless you are traversing a way -- until you have washed yourselves; but if you are sick, or on a journey, or if any of you comes from the privy, or you have touched women, and you can find no water, then have recourse to wholesome dust and wipe your faces and your hands; God is All-pardoning, All-forgiving.

4:44

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوْا نَصِیْبًا مِّنَ الْكِتٰبِ یَشْتَرُوْنَ الضَّلٰلَةَ وَ یُرِیْدُوْنَ اَنْ تَضِلُّوا السَّبِیْلَؕ(۴۴)

Have you not seen the people who were given a share of the Book, but who purchased only error, and wish that you also go astray?

Hast thou not regarded those who were given a share of the Book purchasing error, and desiring that you should also err from the way?

4:45

وَ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِاَعْدَآىٕكُمْؕ-وَ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ وَلِیًّا ﱪ وَّ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ نَصِیْرًا(۴۵)

But God knows your enemies well: and sufficient is God to protect you, and sufficient is God for all help.

God knows well your enemies; God suffices as a protector, God suffices as a helper.

4:46

مِنَ الَّذِیْنَ هَادُوْا یُحَرِّفُوْنَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَّوَاضِعِهٖ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ سَمِعْنَا وَ عَصَیْنَا وَ اسْمَعْ غَیْرَ مُسْمَعٍ وَّ رَاعِنَا لَیًّۢا بِاَلْسِنَتِهِمْ وَ طَعْنًا فِی الدِّیْنِؕ-وَ لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ قَالُوْا سَمِعْنَا وَ اَطَعْنَا وَ اسْمَعْ وَ انْظُرْنَا لَكَانَ خَیْرًا لَّهُمْ وَ اَقْوَمَۙ-وَ لٰكِنْ لَّعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا(۴۶)

Some among the Jews distort the words out of context and say (in place of the right words): "We have heard and do not obey;" and, "hear without hearing," and "listen to us," twisting their tongues and reviling the faith. But if they had said: "We have heard and obey," and, "hear and regard us," it would have been better for them and more appropriate. But God has disgraced them for their lack of belief; and so only a few of them believe.

Some of the Jews pervert words from their meanings saying, 'We have heard and we disobey' and 'Hear, and be thou not given to hear' and 'Observe us,' twisting with their tongues and traducing religion. If they had said, 'We have heard and obey' and 'Hear' and 'Regard us,' it would have been better for them, and more upright; but God has cursed them for their unbelief so they believe not except a few.

4:47

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ اٰمِنُوْا بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ مِّنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ نَّطْمِسَ وُجُوْهًا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلٰۤى اَدْبَارِهَاۤ اَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّاۤ اَصْحٰبَ السَّبْتِؕ-وَ كَانَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ مَفْعُوْلًا(۴۷)

O people of the Book, believe in what We have revealed, which confirms what is already with you before We disfigure your visages and turn your faces about and curse you, as We did with those who had broken the Sabbath; and what God decrees comes to pass.

You who have been given the Book, believe in what We have sent down, confirming what is with you, before We obliterate faces, and turn them upon their backs, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-men, and God's command is done.

4:48

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یَغْفِرُ اَنْ یُّشْرَكَ بِهٖ وَ یَغْفِرُ مَا دُوْنَ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُۚ-وَ مَنْ یُّشْرِكْ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرٰۤى اِثْمًا عَظِیْمًا(۴۸)

God does not forgive that compeers be ascribed to Him, though He may forgive aught else if He please. And he who ascribes compeers to God is guilty of the gravest sin.

God forgives not that aught should be with Him associated; less than that He forgives to whomsoever He will. Whoso associates with God anything, has indeed forged a mighty sin.

4:49

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِیْنَ یُزَكُّوْنَ اَنْفُسَهُمْؕ-بَلِ اللّٰهُ یُزَكِّیْ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَ لَا یُظْلَمُوْنَ فَتِیْلًا(۴۹)

Have you not seen the people who call themselves pure? Yet God purifies whom He pleases, and none shall be wronged even the breadth of a thread.

Hast thou not regarded those who purify themselves? Nay; only God purifies whom He will; and they shall not be wronged a single date-thread.

4:50

اُنْظُرْ كَیْفَ یَفْتَرُوْنَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَؕ-وَ كَفٰى بِهٖۤ اِثْمًا مُّبِیْنًا۠(۵۰)

See how they fabricate lies about God, which is a clear sin.

Consider how they forge falsehood against God; and that suffices for a manifest sin;

4:51

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوْا نَصِیْبًا مِّنَ الْكِتٰبِ یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوْتِ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ لِلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اَهْدٰى مِنَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا سَبِیْلًا(۵۱)

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Book, who believe in false deities and evil powers, and say of unbelievers: "These are better guided than those who believe."

Hast thou not regarded those who were given a share of the Book believing in demons and idols, and saying to the unbelievers, 'These are more rightly guided on the way than the believers'?

4:52

اُولٰٓىٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُؕ-وَ مَنْ یَّلْعَنِ اللّٰهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهٗ نَصِیْرًاؕ(۵۲)

They are the ones who were cursed by God; and those who are cursed by God will have none to protect them.

Those are they whom God has cursed; he whom God has cursed, thou wilt not find for him any helper.

4:53

اَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِیْبٌ مِّنَ الْمُلْكِ فَاِذًا لَّا یُؤْتُوْنَ النَّاسَ نَقِیْرًاۙ(۵۳)

Have they a share in the kingdom? (If they had,) they would never have given an iota to the people.

Or have they a share in the Kingdom? If that is so, they do not give the people a single date-spot.

4:54

اَمْ یَحْسُدُوْنَ النَّاسَ عَلٰى مَاۤ اٰتٰىهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهٖۚ-فَقَدْ اٰتَیْنَاۤ اٰلَ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ الْكِتٰبَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ مُّلْكًا عَظِیْمًا(۵۴)

Are they so envious of others for what God has given them of His bounty? So We had given the Book and the Law to Abraham´s family, and given them great dominion.

Or are they jealous of the people for the bounty that God has given them? Yet We gave the people of Abraham the Book and the Wisdom, and We gave them a mighty kingdom.

4:55

فَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ اٰمَنَ بِهٖ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَّنْ صَدَّ عَنْهُؕ-وَ كَفٰى بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِیْرًا(۵۵)

Then some of them believed in it, and some turned away from it; yet sufficient is Hell, the flaming Fire!

And some of them there are that believe, and some of them that bar from it; Gehenna suffices for a Blaze!

4:56

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِیْهِمْ نَارًاؕ-كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُوْدُهُمْ بَدَّلْنٰهُمْ جُلُوْدًا غَیْرَهَا لِیَذُوْقُوا الْعَذَابَؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَزِیْزًا حَكِیْمًا(۵۶)

And those who disbelieve Our revelations shall be cast into Hell; and when their skin is burnt up and singed, We shall give them a new coat that they may go on tasting the agony of punishment, for God is all-mighty and all-wise.

Surely those who disbelieve in Our signs -- We shall certainly roast them at a Fire; as often as their skins are wholly burned, We shall give them in exchange other skins, that they may taste the chastisement. Surely God is All-mighty, All-wise.

4:57

وَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاۤ اَبَدًاؕ-لَهُمْ فِیْهَاۤ اَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ٘-وَّ نُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِلًّا ظَلِیْلًا(۵۷)

But those who believe and do good deeds We shall admit into gardens with streams of running water, where they will abide for ever, with fairest of companions and coolest of shades.

And those that believe, and do deeds of righteousness, them We shall admit to gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever and ever; therein for them shall be spouses purified, and We shall admit them to a shelter of plenteous shade.

4:58

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یَاْمُرُكُمْ اَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْاَمٰنٰتِ اِلٰۤى اَهْلِهَاۙ-وَ اِذَا حَكَمْتُمْ بَیْنَ النَّاسِ اَنْ تَحْكُمُوْا بِالْعَدْلِؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ نِعِمَّا یَعِظُكُمْ بِهٖؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ سَمِیْعًۢا بَصِیْرًا(۵۸)

God enjoins that you render to the owners what is held in trust with you, and that when you judge among the people do so equitably. Noble are the counsels of God, and God hears all and sees everything.

God commands you to deliver trusts back to their owners; and when you judge between the people, that you judge with justice. Good is the admonition God gives you; God is All-hearing, All-seeing.

4:59

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اَطِیْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اَطِیْعُوا الرَّسُوْلَ وَ اُولِی الْاَمْرِ مِنْكُمْۚ-فَاِنْ تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِیْ شَیْءٍ فَرُدُّوْهُ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَ الرَّسُوْلِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ الْیَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِؕ-ذٰلِكَ خَیْرٌ وَّ اَحْسَنُ تَاْوِیْلًا۠(۵۹)

O you who believe, obey God and the Prophet and those in authority among you; and if you are at variance over something, refer it to God and the Messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day. This is good for you and the best of settlement.

O believers, obey God, and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. If you should quarrel on anything, refer it to God and the Messenger, if you believe in God and the Last Day; that is better, and fairer in the issue.

4:60

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِیْنَ یَزْعُمُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ اٰمَنُوْا بِمَاۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَیْكَ وَ مَاۤ اُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ یُرِیْدُوْنَ اَنْ یَّتَحَاكَمُوْۤا اِلَى الطَّاغُوْتِ وَ قَدْ اُمِرُوْۤا اَنْ یَّكْفُرُوْا بِهٖؕ-وَ یُرِیْدُ الشَّیْطٰنُ اَنْ یُّضِلَّهُمْ ضَلٰلًۢا بَعِیْدًا(۶۰)

Have you never seen those who aver they believe in what has been revealed to you and had been to others before you, yet desire to turn for judgement to evil powers, even though they have been commanded to disbelieve in them? Satan only wishes to lead them astray, far away.

Hast thou not regarded those who assert that they believe in what has been sent down to thee, and what was sent down before thee, desiring to take their disputes to idols, yet they have been commanded to disbelieve in them? But Satan desires to lead them astray into far error.

4:61

وَ اِذَا قِیْلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا اِلٰى مَاۤ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ وَ اِلَى الرَّسُوْلِ رَاَیْتَ الْمُنٰفِقِیْنَ یَصُدُّوْنَ عَنْكَ صُدُوْدًاۚ(۶۱)

When they are told: "Come to that which God has revealed, and to the Prophet," you should see the hypocrites, how they hesitate and turn their faces away.

And when it is said to them, 'Come now to what God has sent down, and the Messenger,' then thou seest the hypocrites barring the way to thee.

4:62

فَكَیْفَ اِذَاۤ اَصَابَتْهُمْ مُّصِیْبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَیْدِیْهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوْكَ یَحْلِفُوْنَ ﳓ بِاللّٰهِ اِنْ اَرَدْنَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اِحْسَانًا وَّ تَوْفِیْقًا(۶۲)

How shall it be when they suffer misfortunes for their own misdeeds? Then they will come to you swearing by God and saying: "We wish for nothing but good and amity."

How shall it be, when they are visited by an affliction for what their own hands have forwarded, then they come to thee swearing by God, 'We sought only kindness and conciliation'?

4:63

اُولٰٓىٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ یَعْلَمُ اللّٰهُ مَا فِیْ قُلُوْبِهِمْۗ-فَاَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَ عِظْهُمْ وَ قُلْ لَّهُمْ فِیْۤ اَنْفُسِهِمْ قَوْلًۢا بَلِیْغًا(۶۳)

The secrets of the hearts of these people are well known to God. So leave them alone, and counsel them and speak to them eloquent words that would touch their very souls.

Those -- God knows what is in their hearts; so turn away from them, and admonish them, and say to them penetrating words about themselves.

4:64

وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا لِیُطَاعَ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِؕ-وَ لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ اِذْ ظَّلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوْكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُوْلُ لَوَجَدُوا اللّٰهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِیْمًا(۶۴)

We have sent no apostle but that he should be obeyed by the will of God. If they had come to you after wronging themselves and asked forgiveness of God, and you had also asked forgiveness for them, they would surely have found God forgiving and merciful.

We sent not ever any Messenger, but that he should he obeyed, by the leave of God. If; when they wronged themselves, they had come to thee, and prayed forgiveness of God, and the Messenger had prayed forgiveness for them, they would have found God turns, All-compassionate.

4:65

فَلَا وَ رَبِّكَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ حَتّٰى یُحَكِّمُوْكَ فِیْمَا شَجَرَ بَیْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا یَجِدُوْا فِیْۤ اَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِّمَّا قَضَیْتَ وَ یُسَلِّمُوْا تَسْلِیْمًا(۶۵)

Indeed, by your Lord, they will not believe till they make you adjudge in their disputes and find no constraint in their minds about your decisions and accept them with full acquiescence.

But no, by thy Lord! they will not believe till they make thee the judge regarding the disagreement between them, then they shall find in themselves no impediment touching thy verdict, but shall surrender in full submission.

4:66

وَ لَوْ اَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ اَنِ اقْتُلُوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ اَوِ اخْرُجُوْا مِنْ دِیَارِكُمْ مَّا فَعَلُوْهُ اِلَّا قَلِیْلٌ مِّنْهُمْؕ-وَ لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوْا مَا یُوْعَظُوْنَ بِهٖ لَكَانَ خَیْرًا لَّهُمْ وَ اَشَدَّ تَثْبِیْتًاۙ(۶۶)

If We had commanded them to lay down their lives and to go forth from their homes, only a few would have obeyed; though had they followed what they had been commanded it would surely have been good for them and the strengthening of their faith.

But had We prescribed for them, saying, 'Slay yourselves' or 'Leave your habitations,' they would not have done it, save a few of them; yet if they had done as they were admonished it would have been better for them, and stronger confirming them,

4:67

وَّ اِذًا لَّاٰتَیْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ لَّدُنَّاۤ اَجْرًا عَظِیْمًاۙ(۶۷)

And We would have bestowed on them a great reward of Our own,

and then We surely would have given them from Us a mighty wage,

4:68

وَّ لَهَدَیْنٰهُمْ صِرَاطًا مُّسْتَقِیْمًا(۶۸)

And led them to the path that is straight.

and guided them on a straight path.

4:69

وَ مَنْ یُّطِعِ اللّٰهَ وَ الرَّسُوْلَ فَاُولٰٓىٕكَ مَعَ الَّذِیْنَ اَنْعَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنَ النَّبِیّٖنَ وَ الصِّدِّیْقِیْنَ وَ الشُّهَدَآءِ وَ الصّٰلِحِیْنَۚ-وَ حَسُنَ اُولٰٓىٕكَ رَفِیْقًاؕ(۶۹)

Those who obey God and the Prophet are with those who are blessed by God, the prophets, the sincere and the trustful, the martyrs and the upright; and how excellent a company are they!

Whosoever obeys God, and the Messenger -- they are with those whom God has blessed, Prophets, just men, martyrs, the righteous; good companions they!

4:70

ذٰلِكَ الْفَضْلُ مِنَ اللّٰهِؕ-وَ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ عَلِیْمًا۠(۷۰)

This is a favour from God; and sufficient is God, the all-knowing.

That is the bounty from God; God suffices as One who knows.

4:71

یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا خُذُوْا حِذْرَكُمْ فَانْفِرُوْا ثُبَاتٍ اَوِ انْفِرُوْا جَمِیْعًا(۷۱)

O believers, take precautions, and advance in detachments, or go all together in a body.

O believers, take your precautions; then move forward in companies, or move forward all together.

4:72

وَ اِنَّ مِنْكُمْ لَمَنْ لَّیُبَطِّئَنَّۚ-فَاِنْ اَصَابَتْكُمْ مُّصِیْبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ اَنْعَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلَیَّ اِذْ لَمْ اَكُنْ مَّعَهُمْ شَهِیْدًا(۷۲)

Someone among you will surely lag behind, and if calamity should befall you, will say: "God was gracious to me that I was not among them."

Some of you there are that are dilatory; then, if an affliction visits you, he says, 'God has blessed me, in that I was not a martyr with them.'

4:73

وَ لَىٕنْ اَصَابَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ لَیَقُوْلَنَّ كَاَنْ لَّمْ تَكُنْۢ بَیْنَكُمْ وَ بَیْنَهٗ مَوَدَّةٌ یّٰلَیْتَنِیْ كُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَاَفُوْزَ فَوْزًا عَظِیْمًا(۷۳)

But if success comes to you from God he will say, as though no love existed between you and him: "I wish I were with them, for I would have certainly met with great success."

But if a bounty from God visits you, he will surely say, as if there had never been any affection between you and him, 'Would that I had been with them, to attain a mighty triumph!'

4:74

فَلْیُقَاتِلْ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ الَّذِیْنَ یَشْرُوْنَ الْحَیٰوةَ الدُّنْیَا بِالْاٰخِرَةِؕ-وَ مَنْ یُّقَاتِلْ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ فَیُقْتَلْ اَوْ یَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِیْهِ اَجْرًا عَظِیْمًا(۷۴)

Those who barter the life of this world for the next should fight in the way of God. And We shall bestow on him who fights in the way of God, whether he is killed or is victorious, a glorious reward.

So let them fight in the way of God who sell the present life for the world to come; and whosoever fights in the way of God and is slain, or conquers, We shall bring him a mighty wage.

4:75

وَ مَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ وَ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِیْنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَ النِّسَآءِ وَ الْوِلْدَانِ الَّذِیْنَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَاۤ اَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هٰذِهِ الْقَرْیَةِ الظَّالِمِ اَهْلُهَاۚ-وَ اجْعَلْ لَّنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ وَلِیًّا ﳐ وَّ اجْعَلْ لَّنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ نَصِیْرًاؕ(۷۵)

What has come upon you that you fight not in the cause of God and for the oppressed, men, women and children, who pray: "Get us out of this city, O Lord, whose people are oppressors; so send us a friend by Your will, and send us a helper."

How is it with you, that you do not fight in the way of God, and for the men, women, and children who, being abased, say, 'Our Lord, bring us forth from this city whose people are evildoers, and appoint t us a protector from Thee, and appoint to us from Thee a helper'?

4:76

اَلَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا یُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِۚ-وَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا یُقَاتِلُوْنَ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ الطَّاغُوْتِ فَقَاتِلُوْۤا اَوْلِیَآءَ الشَّیْطٰنِۚ-اِنَّ كَیْدَ الشَّیْطٰنِ كَانَ ضَعِیْفًا۠(۷۶)

Those who believe fight in the way of God; and those who do not, only fight for the powers of evil; so you should fight the allies of Satan. Surely the stratagem of Satan is ineffective.

The believers fight in the way of God, and the unbelievers fight in the idols' way. Fight you therefore against the friends of Satan; surely the guile of Satan is ever feeble.

4:77

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِیْنَ قِیْلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوْۤا اَیْدِیَكُمْ وَ اَقِیْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَ اٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَۚ-فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَیْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ اِذَا فَرِیْقٌ مِّنْهُمْ یَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْیَةِ اللّٰهِ اَوْ اَشَدَّ خَشْیَةًۚ-وَ قَالُوْا رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَیْنَا الْقِتَالَۚ-لَوْ لَاۤ اَخَّرْتَنَاۤ اِلٰۤى اَجَلٍ قَرِیْبٍؕ-قُلْ مَتَاعُ الدُّنْیَا قَلِیْلٌۚ-وَ الْاٰخِرَةُ خَیْرٌ لِّمَنِ اتَّقٰى- وَ لَا تُظْلَمُوْنَ فَتِیْلًا(۷۷)

Have you not seen the people who were told: "Hold back your hands (from attacking), observe your devotional obligations and pay the zakat?" But when they were commanded to fight, behold, a section among them were filled with fear of men as though it were the fear of God and even more, and said: "O Lord, why did you make war compulsory for us? Why did you not allow us to live a little more?" Say to them: "How short-lived is the commerce of this world; but that of the next is best for those who fear God; and you will not be wronged the breadth of a thread."

Hast thou not regarded those to whom it was said, 'Restrain your hands, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms'? Then, as soon as fighting is prescribed for them, there is a party of them fearing the people as they would fear God, or with a greater fear, and they say, 'Our Lord, why hast thou prescribed fighting for us? Why not defer us to a near term?' Say: 'The enjoyment of this world is little; the world to come is better for him who fears God; you shall not be wronged a single date-thread.'

4:78

اَیْنَ مَا تَكُوْنُوْا یُدْرِكْكُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ فِیْ بُرُوْجٍ مُّشَیَّدَةٍؕ-وَ اِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ یَّقُوْلُوْا هٰذِهٖ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۚ-وَ اِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَیِّئَةٌ یَّقُوْلُوْا هٰذِهٖ مِنْ عِنْدِكَؕ-قُلْ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِؕ-فَمَالِ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا یَكَادُوْنَ یَفْقَهُوْنَ حَدِیْثًا(۷۸)

Death will overtake you wheresoever you be, even in the mightiest of towers. Yet if some good comes their way they say: "It is from God;" and if it is evil that befalls them, they say: "It is indeed from you." Say to them: "Every thing is from God." O, what has come upon the people that even this they fail to understand!

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, though you should be in raised-up towers. And if a good thing visits them, they say, 'This is from God'; but if an evil thing visits them, they say, 'This is from thee.' Say: 'Everything is from God.' How is it with this people? They scarcely understand any tiding.

4:79

مَاۤ اَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ اللّٰهِ٘-وَ مَاۤ اَصَابَكَ مِنْ سَیِّئَةٍ فَمِنْ نَّفْسِكَؕ-وَ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُوْلًاؕ-وَ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ شَهِیْدًا(۷۹)

What comes to you of good is verily from God; and what comes to you of ill is from your own self (your actions). We have sent you as apostle to all mankind; and God is sufficient as witness.

Whatever good visits thee, it is of God; whatever evil visits thee is of thyself. And We have sent thee to men a Messenger; God suffices for a witness.

4:80

مَنْ یُّطِعِ الرَّسُوْلَ فَقَدْ اَطَاعَ اللّٰهَۚ-وَ مَنْ تَوَلّٰى فَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ عَلَیْهِمْ حَفِیْظًاؕ(۸۰)

He who obeys the Apostle obeys God; and if some turn away (remember) We have not sent you as warden over them.

Whosoever obeys the Messenger, thereby obeys God; and whosoever turns his back - We have not sent thee to be a watcher over them.