Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. ولو أنا كتبنا عليهم أن اقتلوا أنفسكم أو اخرجوا من دياركم ما فعلوه إلا قليل منهم ولو أنهم فعلوا ما يوعظون به لكان خيرا لهم وأشد تثبيتا

   66

   Had We prescribed for them, [commanding]: ‘Slay [the guilty among] your folks or leave your habitations,’ they would not have done it except a few of them. And if they had done as they were advised, it would have been better for them and stronger in confirming [their faith].

   wa-law ʾannā katabnā ʿalayhim ʾani qtulū ʾanfusakum ʾawi khrujū min diyārikum mā faʿalūhu ʾillā qalīlun minhum wa-law ʾannahum faʿalū mā yūʿaẓūna bihī la-kāna khayran lahum wa-ʾashadda tathbītan

2. وإذا لآتيناهم من لدنا أجرا عظيما

   67

   Then We would surely have given them from Us a great reward,

   wa-ʾidhan la-ʾātaynāhum min ladunnā ʾajran ʿaẓīman

3. ولهديناهم صراطا مستقيما

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   and We would have guided them to a straight path.

   wa-la-hadaynāhum ṣirāṭan mustaqīman

4. ومن يطع الله والرسول فأولئك مع الذين أنعم الله عليهم من النبيين والصديقين والشهداء والصالحين وحسن أولئك رفيقا

   69

   Whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle—they are with those whom Allah has blessed, including the prophets and the truthful, the martyrs and the righteous, and excellent companions are they!

   wa-man yuṭiʿi llāha wa-r-rasūla fa-ʾulāʾika maʿa lladhīna ʾanʿama llāhu ʿalayhim mina n-nabiyyīna wa-ṣ-ṣiddīqīna wa-sh-shuhadāʾi wa-ṣ-ṣāliḥīna wa-ḥasuna ʾulāʾika rafīqan

5. ذلك الفضل من الله وكفى بالله عليما

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   That is the grace of Allah, and Allah suffices as knower [of His creatures].

   dhālika l-faḍlu mina llāhi wa-kafā bi-llāhi ʿalīman

6. يا أيها الذين آمنوا خذوا حذركم فانفروا ثبات أو انفروا جميعا

   71

   O you who have faith! Take your precautions, then go forth in companies, or go forth en masse.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū khudhū ḥidhrakum fa-nfirū thubātin ʾawi-nfirū jamīʿan

7. وإن منكم لمن ليبطئن فإن أصابتكم مصيبة قال قد أنعم الله علي إذ لم أكن معهم شهيدا

   72

   Among you is indeed he who drags his feet, and should an affliction visit you, he says, ‘It was certainly Allah’s blessing that I did not accompany them!’

   wa-ʾinna minkum la-man la-yubaṭṭiʾanna fa-ʾin ʾaṣābatkum muṣībatun qāla qad ʾanʿama llāhu ʿalayya ʾidh lam ʾakun maʿahum shahīdan

8. ولئن أصابكم فضل من الله ليقولن كأن لم تكن بينكم وبينه مودة يا ليتني كنت معهم فأفوز فوزا عظيما

   73

   But should a bounty from Allah come to you, he will say—as if there were no [tie of friendship and] affection between you and him—‘I wish I were with them so that I had achieved a great success!’

   wa-la-ʾin ʾaṣābakum faḍlun mina llāhi la-yaqūlanna ka-ʾan lam takun baynakum wa-baynahū mawaddatun yā-laytanī kuntu maʿahum fa-ʾafūza fawzan ʿaẓīman

9. فليقاتل في سبيل الله الذين يشرون الحياة الدنيا بالآخرة ومن يقاتل في سبيل الله فيقتل أو يغلب فسوف نؤتيه أجرا عظيما

   74

   Let those who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter fight in the way of Allah; and whoever fights in the way of Allah, and then is slain, or he subdues [the enemy], We shall soon give him a great reward.

   fa-l-yuqātil fī sabīli llāhi lladhīna yashrūna l-ḥayāta d-dunyā bi-l-ʾākhirati wa-man yuqātil fī sabīli llāhi fa-yuqtal ʾaw yaghlib fa-sawfa nuʾtīhi ʾajran ʿaẓīman