Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. والله يريد أن يتوب عليكم ويريد الذين يتبعون الشهوات أن تميلوا ميلا عظيما

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   Allah desires to turn toward you clemently, but those who pursue their [base] appetites desire that you fall into gross waywardness.

   wa-llāhu yurīdu ʾan yatūba ʿalaykum wa-yurīdu lladhīna yattabiʿūna sh-shahawāti ʾan tamīlū maylan ʿaẓīman

2. يريد الله أن يخفف عنكم وخلق الإنسان ضعيفا

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   Allah desires to lighten your burden, for man was created weak.

   yurīdu llāhu ʾan yukhaffifa ʿankum wa-khuliqa l-ʾinsānu ḍaʿīfan

3. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تأكلوا أموالكم بينكم بالباطل إلا أن تكون تجارة عن تراض منكم ولا تقتلوا أنفسكم إن الله كان بكم رحيما

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   O you who have faith! Do not eat up your wealth among yourselves unrightfully, but it should be trade by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves. Indeed Allah is most merciful to you.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā taʾkulū ʾamwālakum baynakum bi-l-bāṭili ʾillā ʾan takūna tijāratan ʿan tarāḍin minkum wa-lā taqtulū ʾanfusakum ʾinna llāha kāna bikum raḥīman

4. ومن يفعل ذلك عدوانا وظلما فسوف نصليه نارا وكان ذلك على الله يسيرا

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   And whoever does that in aggression and injustice, We will soon make him enter the Fire, and that is easy for Allah.

   wa-man yafʿal dhālika ʿudwānan wa-ẓulman fa-sawfa nuṣlīhi nāran wa-kāna dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīran

5. إن تجتنبوا كبائر ما تنهون عنه نكفر عنكم سيئاتكم وندخلكم مدخلا كريما

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   If you avoid the major sins that you are forbidden, We will absolve you of your misdeeds and admit you to a noble abode.

   ʾin tajtanibū kabāʾira mā tunhawna ʿanhu nukaffir ʿankum sayyiʾātikum wa-nudkhilkum mudkhalan karīman

6. ولا تتمنوا ما فضل الله به بعضكم على بعض للرجال نصيب مما اكتسبوا وللنساء نصيب مما اكتسبن واسألوا الله من فضله إن الله كان بكل شيء عليما

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   Do not covet the advantage, which Allah has given some of you over others. To men belongs a share of what they have earned, and to women a share of what they have earned. And ask Allah for His bounty. Indeed Allah has knowledge of all things.

   wa-lā tatamannaw mā faḍḍala llāhu bihī baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin li-r-rijāli naṣībun mimmā ktasabū wa-li-n-nisāʾi naṣībun mimmā ktasabna wa-sʾalū llāha min faḍlihī ʾinna llāha kāna bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīman

7. ولكل جعلنا موالي مما ترك الوالدان والأقربون والذين عقدت أيمانكم فآتوهم نصيبهم إن الله كان على كل شيء شهيدا

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   For everyone We have appointed heirs to what the parents and near relatives leave, as well as those with whom you have made a compact; so give them their share [of the heritage]. Indeed Allah is witness to all things.

   wa-li-kullin jaʿalnā mawāliya mimmā taraka l-wālidāni wa-l-ʾaqrabūna wa-lladhīna ʿaqadat ʾaymānukum fa-ʾātūhum naṣībahum ʾinna llāha kāna ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīdan-i