Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. وإن امرأة خافت من بعلها نشوزا أو إعراضا فلا جناح عليهما أن يصلحا بينهما صلحا والصلح خير وأحضرت الأنفس الشح وإن تحسنوا وتتقوا فإن الله كان بما تعملون خبيرا

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   If a woman fears from her husband misconduct or desertion, there is no sin upon the couple if they reach a reconciliation between themselves; and reconcilement is better. The souls are prone to greed; but if you are virtuous and Godwary, Allah is indeed well aware of what you do.

   wa-ʾini mraʾatun khāfat min baʿlihā nushūzan ʾaw ʾiʿrāḍan fa-lā junāḥa ʿalayhimā ʾan yuṣliḥā baynahumā ṣulḥan wa-ṣ-ṣulḥu khayrun wa-ʾuḥḍirati l-ʾanfusu sh-shuḥḥa wa-ʾin tuḥsinū wa-tattaqū fa-ʾinna llāha kāna bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīran

2. ولن تستطيعوا أن تعدلوا بين النساء ولو حرصتم فلا تميلوا كل الميل فتذروها كالمعلقة وإن تصلحوا وتتقوا فإن الله كان غفورا رحيما

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   You will not be able to be fair between wives, even if you are eager to do so. Yet do not turn away from one altogether, leaving her as if in a suspense. But if you are conciliatory and Godwary, Allah is indeed all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   wa-lan tastaṭīʿū ʾan taʿdilū bayna n-nisāʾi wa-law ḥaraṣtum fa-lā tamīlū kulla l-mayli fa-tadharūhā ka-l-muʿallaqati wa-ʾin tuṣliḥū wa-tattaqū fa-ʾinna llāha kāna ghafūran raḥīman

3. وإن يتفرقا يغن الله كلا من سعته وكان الله واسعا حكيما

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   But if they separate, Allah will suffice each of them out of His bounty, and Allah is all-bounteous, all-wise.

   wa-ʾin yatafarraqā yughni llāhu kullan min saʿatihī wa-kāna llāhu wāsiʿan ḥakīman

4. ولله ما في السماوات وما في الأرض ولقد وصينا الذين أوتوا الكتاب من قبلكم وإياكم أن اتقوا الله وإن تكفروا فإن لله ما في السماوات وما في الأرض وكان الله غنيا حميدا

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   To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. We have certainly enjoined those who were given the Book before you, and you, that you should be wary of Allah. But if you are faithless, [you should know that] to Allah indeed belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allah is all-sufficient, all-laudable.

   wa-li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-la-qad waṣṣaynā lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba min qablikum wa-ʾiyyākum ʾani ttaqū llāha wa-ʾin takfurū fa-ʾinna li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-kāna llāhu ghaniyyan ḥamīdan

5. ولله ما في السماوات وما في الأرض وكفى بالله وكيلا

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   To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allah suffices as trustee.

   wa-li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-kafā bi-llāhi wakīlan

6. إن يشأ يذهبكم أيها الناس ويأت بآخرين وكان الله على ذلك قديرا

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   If He wishes, He will take you away, O mankind, and bring others [in your place]; Allah has the power to do that.

   ʾin yashaʾ yudhhibkum ʾayyuhā n-nāsu wa-yaʾti bi-ʾākharīna wa-kāna llāhu ʿalā dhālika qadīran

7. من كان يريد ثواب الدنيا فعند الله ثواب الدنيا والآخرة وكان الله سميعا بصيرا

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   Whoever desires the reward of this world, [should know that] with Allah is the reward of this world and the Hereafter, and Allah is all-hearing, all-seeing.

   man kāna yurīdu thawāba d-dunyā fa-ʿinda llāhi thawābu d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-kāna llāhu samīʿan baṣīran