Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. والله أعلم بأعدائكم وكفى بالله وليا وكفى بالله نصيرا

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   But Allah knows your enemies better, and Allah suffices as guardian, and Allah suffices as helper.

   wa-llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-ʾaʿdāʾikum wa-kafā bi-llāhi waliyyan wa-kafā bi-llāhi naṣīran

2. من الذين هادوا يحرفون الكلم عن مواضعه ويقولون سمعنا وعصينا واسمع غير مسمع وراعنا ليا بألسنتهم وطعنا في الدين ولو أنهم قالوا سمعنا وأطعنا واسمع وانظرنا لكان خيرا لهم وأقوم ولكن لعنهم الله بكفرهم فلا يؤمنون إلا قليلا

   46

   Among the Jews are those who pervert words from their meanings and say, ‘We hear and disobey’ and ‘Hear without listening!’ and ‘Ra’ina,’ twisting their tongues and reviling the faith. But had they said, ‘We hear and obey’ and ‘Listen’ and ‘Unzurna,’ it would have been better for them and more upright. But Allah has cursed them for their faithlessness, so they will not believe except a few.

   mina lladhīna hādū yuḥarrifūna l-kalima ʿan mawāḍiʿihī wa-yaqūlūna samiʿnā wa-ʿaṣaynā wa-smaʿ ghayra musmaʿin wa-rāʿinā layyan bi-ʾalsinatihim wa-ṭaʿnan fī d-dīni wa-law ʾannahum qālū samiʿnā wa-ʾaṭaʿnā wa-smaʿ wa-nẓurnā la-kāna khayran lahum wa-ʾaqwama wa-lākin laʿanahumu llāhu bi-kufrihim fa-lā yuʾminūna ʾillā qalīlan

3. يا أيها الذين أوتوا الكتاب آمنوا بما نزلنا مصدقا لما معكم من قبل أن نطمس وجوها فنردها على أدبارها أو نلعنهم كما لعنا أصحاب السبت وكان أمر الله مفعولا

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   O you who were given the Book! Believe in what We have sent down confirming what is with you, before We blot out the faces and turn them backwards, or curse them as We cursed the People of the Sabbath, and Allah’s command is bound to be fulfilled.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba ʾāminū bi-mā nazzalnā muṣaddiqan li-mā maʿakum min qabli ʾan naṭmisa wujūhan fa-naruddahā ʿalā ʾadbārihā ʾaw nalʿanahum ka-mā laʿannā ʾaṣḥāba s-sabti wa-kāna ʾamru llāhi mafʿūlan

4. إن الله لا يغفر أن يشرك به ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشاء ومن يشرك بالله فقد افترى إثما عظيما

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   Indeed Allah does not forgive that partners should be ascribed to Him, but He forgives anything besides that to whomever He wishes. Whoever ascribes partners to Allah has indeed fabricated [a lie] in great sinfulness.

   ʾinna llāha lā yaghfiru ʾan yushraka bihī wa-yaghfiru mā dūna dhālika li-man yashāʾu wa-man yushrik bi-llāhi fa-qadi ftarā ʾithman ʿaẓīman

5. ألم تر إلى الذين يزكون أنفسهم بل الله يزكي من يشاء ولا يظلمون فتيلا

   49

   Have you not regarded those who style themselves as pure? Indeed, it is Allah who purifies whomever He wishes, and they will not be wronged [so much as] a single date-thread.

   ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna yuzakkūna ʾanfusahum bali llāhu yuzakkī man yashāʾu wa-lā yuẓlamūna fatīlan-i

6. انظر كيف يفترون على الله الكذب وكفى به إثما مبينا

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   Look, how they fabricate lies against Allah! That suffices for a flagrant sin.

   unẓur kayfa yaftarūna ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba wa-kafā bihī ʾithman mubīnan

7. ألم تر إلى الذين أوتوا نصيبا من الكتاب يؤمنون بالجبت والطاغوت ويقولون للذين كفروا هؤلاء أهدى من الذين آمنوا سبيلا

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   Have you not regarded those who were given a share of the Book, believing in idols and fake deities and saying of the pagans: ‘These are better guided on the way than the faithful’?

   ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna ʾūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yuʾminūna bi-l-jibti wa-ṭ-ṭāghūti wa-yaqūlūna li-lladhīna kafarū hāʾulāʾi ʾahdā mina lladhīna ʾāmanū sabīlan