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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

4:67

وَّ اِذًا لَّاٰتَیْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ لَّدُنَّاۤ اَجْرًا عَظِیْمًاۙ(۶۷)

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

4:68

وَّ لَهَدَیْنٰهُمْ صِرَاطًا مُّسْتَقِیْمًا(۶۸)

And led them to the path that is straight.

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!

4:70

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

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

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.

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."

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."

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.

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."

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.

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."

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!

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.

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.