Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. وإذا كنت فيهم فأقمت لهم الصلاة فلتقم طائفة منهم معك وليأخذوا أسلحتهم فإذا سجدوا فليكونوا من ورائكم ولتأت طائفة أخرى لم يصلوا فليصلوا معك وليأخذوا حذرهم وأسلحتهم ود الذين كفروا لو تغفلون عن أسلحتكم وأمتعتكم فيميلون عليكم ميلة واحدة ولا جناح عليكم إن كان بكم أذى من مطر أو كنتم مرضى أن تضعوا أسلحتكم وخذوا حذركم إن الله أعد للكافرين عذابا مهينا

   102

   When you are among them, leading them in prayers, let a group of them stand with you, carrying their weapons. And when they have done the prostrations, let them withdraw to the rear, then let the other group which has not prayed come and pray with you, taking their precautions and [bearing] their weapons. The faithless are eager that you should be oblivious of your weapons and your baggage, so that they could assault you all at once. But there is no sin upon you, if you are troubled by rain or are sick, to set aside your weapons; but take your precautions. Indeed Allah has prepared for the faithless a humiliating punishment.

   wa-ʾidhā kunta fīhim fa-ʾaqamta lahumu ṣ-ṣalāta fa-l-taqum ṭāʾifatun minhum maʿaka wa-l-yaʾkhudhū ʾasliḥatahum fa-ʾidhā sajadū fa-l-yakūnū min warāʾikum wa-l-taʾti ṭāʾifatun ʾukhrā lam yuṣallū fa-l-yuṣallū maʿaka wa-l-yaʾkhudhū ḥidhrahum wa-ʾasliḥatahum wadda lladhīna kafarū law taghfulūna ʿan ʾasliḥatikum wa-ʾamtiʿatikum fa-yamīlūna ʿalaykum maylatan wāḥidatan wa-lā junāḥa ʿalaykum ʾin kāna bikum ʾadhan min maṭarin ʾaw kuntum marḍā ʾan taḍaʿū ʾasliḥatakum wa-khudhū ḥidhrakum ʾinna llāha ʾaʿadda li-l-kāfirīna ʿadhāban muhīnan

2. فإذا قضيتم الصلاة فاذكروا الله قياما وقعودا وعلى جنوبكم فإذا اطمأننتم فأقيموا الصلاة إن الصلاة كانت على المؤمنين كتابا موقوتا

   103

   When you have finished the prayers, remember Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down, and when you feel secure, perform the [complete] prayers, for the prayer is indeed a timed prescription for the faithful.

   fa-ʾidhā qaḍaytumu ṣ-ṣalāta fa-dhkurū llāha qiyāman wa-quʿūdan wa-ʿalā junūbikum fa-ʾidhā ṭmaʾnantum fa-ʾaqīmū ṣ-ṣalāta ʾinna ṣ-ṣalāta kānat ʿalā l-muʾminīna kitāban mawqūtan

3. ولا تهنوا في ابتغاء القوم إن تكونوا تألمون فإنهم يألمون كما تألمون وترجون من الله ما لا يرجون وكان الله عليما حكيما

   104

   Do not slacken in the pursuit of these people. If you are suffering, they are also suffering like you, but you expect from Allah what they do not expect, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   wa-lā tahinū fī btighāʾi l-qawmi ʾin takūnū taʾlamūna fa-ʾinnahum yaʾlamūna ka-mā taʾlamūna wa-tarjūna mina llāhi mā lā yarjūna wa-kāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman

4. إنا أنزلنا إليك الكتاب بالحق لتحكم بين الناس بما أراك الله ولا تكن للخائنين خصيما

   105

   Indeed We have sent down to you the Book with the truth, so that you may judge between the people by what Allah has shown you; do not be an advocate for the traitors,

   ʾinnā ʾanzalnā ʾilayka l-kitāba bi-l-ḥaqqi li-taḥkuma bayna n-nāsi bi-mā ʾarāka llāhu wa-lā takun li-l-khāʾinīna khaṣīman