Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. إنا أوحينا إليك كما أوحينا إلى نوح والنبيين من بعده وأوحينا إلى إبراهيم وإسماعيل وإسحاق ويعقوب والأسباط وعيسى وأيوب ويونس وهارون وسليمان وآتينا داوود زبورا

   163

   We have indeed revealed to you as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him, and [as] We revealed to Abraham and Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, Jesus and Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon—and We gave David the Psalms—

   ʾinnā ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka ka-mā ʾawḥaynā ʾilā nūḥin wa-n-nabiyyīna min baʿdihī wa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilā ʾibrāhīma wa-ʾismāʿīla wa-ʾisḥāqa wa-yaʿqūba wa-l-ʾasbāṭi wa-ʿīsā wa-ʾayyūba wa-yūnusa wa-hārūna wa-sulaymāna wa-ʾātaynā dāwūda zabūran

2. ورسلا قد قصصناهم عليك من قبل ورسلا لم نقصصهم عليك وكلم الله موسى تكليما

   164

   and apostles We have recounted to you earlier and apostles We have not recounted to you—and to Moses Allah spoke directly—

   wa-rusulan qad qaṣaṣnāhum ʿalayka min qablu wa-rusulan lam naqṣuṣhum ʿalayka wa-kallama llāhu mūsā taklīman

3. رسلا مبشرين ومنذرين لئلا يكون للناس على الله حجة بعد الرسل وكان الله عزيزا حكيما

   165

   apostles, as bearers of good news and warners, so that mankind may not have any argument against Allah, after the [sending of the] apostles; and Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

   rusulan mubashshirīna wa-mundhirīna li-ʾallā yakūna li-n-nāsi ʿalā llāhi ḥujjatun baʿda r-rusuli wa-kāna llāhu ʿazīzan ḥakīman

4. لكن الله يشهد بما أنزل إليك أنزله بعلمه والملائكة يشهدون وكفى بالله شهيدا

   166

   But Allah bears witness to what He has sent down to you—He sent it down with His knowledge—and the angels bear witness [too], and Allah quite suffices as witness.

   lākini llāhu yashhadu bi-mā ʾanzala ʾilayka ʾanzalahū bi-ʿilmihī wa-l-malāʾikatu yashhadūna wa-kafā bi-llāhi shahīdan

5. إن الذين كفروا وصدوا عن سبيل الله قد ضلوا ضلالا بعيدا

   167

   Indeed those who are faithless and bar [others] from the way of Allah, have certainly strayed into far error.

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū wa-ṣaddū ʿan sabīli llāhi qad ḍallū ḍalālan baʿīdan

6. إن الذين كفروا وظلموا لم يكن الله ليغفر لهم ولا ليهديهم طريقا

   168

   Indeed those who are faithless and do wrong, Allah shall never forgive them, nor shall He guide them to any way,

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū wa-ẓalamū lam yakuni llāhu li-yaghfira lahum wa-lā li-yahdiyahum ṭarīqan

7. إلا طريق جهنم خالدين فيها أبدا وكان ذلك على الله يسيرا

   169

   except the way to hell, to remain in it forever, and that is easy for Allah.

   ʾillā ṭarīqa jahannama khālidīna fīhā ʾabadan wa-kāna dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīran

8. يا أيها الناس قد جاءكم الرسول بالحق من ربكم فآمنوا خيرا لكم وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في السماوات والأرض وكان الله عليما حكيما

   170

   O mankind! The Apostle has certainly brought you the truth from your Lord. So have faith! That is better for you. And if you are faithless, [you should know that] to Allah indeed belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nāsu qad jāʾakumu r-rasūlu bi-l-ḥaqqi min rabbikum fa-ʾāminū khayran lakum wa-ʾin takfurū fa-ʾinna li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-kāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman