Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. أولئك الذين لعنهم الله ومن يلعن الله فلن تجد له نصيرا

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   They are the ones whom Allah has cursed, and whomever Allah curses, you will never find any helper for him.

   ʾulāʾika lladhīna laʿanahumu llāhu wa-man yalʿani llāhu fa-lan tajida lahū naṣīran

2. أم لهم نصيب من الملك فإذا لا يؤتون الناس نقيرا

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   Do they have a share in sovereignty? If so, they will not give those people [so much as] a speck on a date-stone!

   ʾam lahum naṣībun mina l-mulki fa-ʾidhan lā yuʾtūna n-nāsa naqīran

3. أم يحسدون الناس على ما آتاهم الله من فضله فقد آتينا آل إبراهيم الكتاب والحكمة وآتيناهم ملكا عظيما

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   Do they envy those people for what Allah has given them out of His bounty? We have certainly given the progeny of Abraham the Book and wisdom, and We have given them a great sovereignty.

   ʾam yaḥsudūna n-nāsa ʿalā mā ʾātāhumu llāhu min faḍlihī fa-qad ʾātaynā ʾāla ʾibrāhīma l-kitāba wa-l-ḥikmata wa-ʾātaynāhum mulkan ʿaẓīman

4. فمنهم من آمن به ومنهم من صد عنه وكفى بجهنم سعيرا

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   Of them are some who believe in him, and of them are some who deter [others] from him; and hell suffices for a blaze!

   fa-minhum man ʾāmana bihī wa-minhum man ṣadda ʿanhu wa-kafā bi-jahannama saʿīran

5. إن الذين كفروا بآياتنا سوف نصليهم نارا كلما نضجت جلودهم بدلناهم جلودا غيرها ليذوقوا العذاب إن الله كان عزيزا حكيما

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   Indeed We shall soon make those who deny Our signs enter a Fire: as often as their skins become scorched, We shall replace them with other skins, so that they may taste the punishment. Indeed Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

   ʾinna lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyātinā sawfa nuṣlīhim nāran kullamā naḍijat julūduhum baddalnāhum julūdan ghayrahā li-yadhūqū l-ʿadhāba ʾinna llāha kāna ʿazīzan ḥakīman

6. والذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات سندخلهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها أبدا لهم فيها أزواج مطهرة وندخلهم ظلا ظليلا

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   As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, We shall admit them into gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them forever. In it, there will be chaste mates for them, and We shall admit them into a deep shade.

   wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti sa-nudkhiluhum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā ʾabadan lahum fīhā ʾazwājun muṭahharatun wa-nudkhiluhum ẓillan ẓalīlan

7. إن الله يأمركم أن تؤدوا الأمانات إلى أهلها وإذا حكمتم بين الناس أن تحكموا بالعدل إن الله نعما يعظكم به إن الله كان سميعا بصيرا

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   Indeed Allah commands you to deliver the trusts to their [rightful] owners, and to judge with fairness when you judge between people. Excellent indeed is what Allah advises you. Indeed Allah is all-hearing, all-seeing.

   ʾinna llāha yaʾmurukum ʾan tuʾaddū l-ʾamānāti ʾilā ʾahlihā wa-ʾidhā ḥakamtum bayna n-nāsi ʾan taḥkumū bi-l-ʿadli ʾinna llāha niʿimmā yaʿiẓukum bihī ʾinna llāha kāna samīʿan baṣīran

8. يا أيها الذين آمنوا أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول وأولي الأمر منكم فإن تنازعتم في شيء فردوه إلى الله والرسول إن كنتم تؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر ذلك خير وأحسن تأويلا

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   O you who have faith! Obey Allah and obey the Apostle and those vested with authority among you. And if you dispute concerning anything, refer it to Allah and the Apostle, if you have faith in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more favourable in outcome.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾaṭīʿū llāha wa-ʾaṭīʿū r-rasūla wa-ʾulī l-ʾamri minkum fa-ʾin tanāzaʿtum fī shayʾin fa-ruddūhu ʾilā llāhi wa-r-rasūli ʾin kuntum tuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri dhālika khayrun wa-ʾaḥsanu taʾwīlan