Surah An-Nisaa

وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْتَعَالَوْا۟إِلَىٰمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُوَإِلَىٱلرَّسُولِرَأَيْتَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَيَصُدُّونَعَنكَصُدُودًۭا

And so, whenever they are told, "Come unto that which God has be­stowed from on high, and unto the Apostle," thou canst see these hypocrites turn away from thee with aversion.

فَكَيْفَإِذَآأَصَٰبَتْهُممُّصِيبَةٌۢبِمَاقَدَّمَتْأَيْدِيهِمْثُمَّجَآءُوكَيَحْلِفُونَبِٱللَّهِإِنْأَرَدْنَآإِلَّآإِحْسَٰنًۭاوَتَوْفِيقًا

But how [will they fare] when calamity befalls them [on the Day of Judgment] because of what they have wrought in this world - whereupon they will come to thee, swearing by God, "Our aim was but to do good, and to bring about harmony"?

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَيَعْلَمُٱللَّهُمَافِىقُلُوبِهِمْفَأَعْرِضْعَنْهُمْوَعِظْهُمْوَقُللَّهُمْفِىٓأَنفُسِهِمْقَوْلًۢابَلِيغًۭا

As for them - God knows all that is in their hearts; so leave them alone, and admonish them, and speak unto them about themselves in a gravely search­ing manner:

وَمَآأَرْسَلْنَامِنرَّسُولٍإِلَّالِيُطَاعَبِإِذْنِٱللَّهِوَلَوْأَنَّهُمْإِذظَّلَمُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْجَآءُوكَفَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱسْتَغْفَرَلَهُمُٱلرَّسُولُلَوَجَدُوا۟ٱللَّهَتَوَّابًۭارَّحِيمًۭا

for We have never sent any apostle save that he should be heeded by God's leave. If, then, after having sinned against themselves, they would but come round to thee and ask God to forgive them - with the Apostle, too, praying that they be forgiven - they would assuredly find that God is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace.

فَلَاوَرَبِّكَلَايُؤْمِنُونَحَتَّىٰيُحَكِّمُوكَفِيمَاشَجَرَبَيْنَهُمْثُمَّلَايَجِدُوا۟فِىٓأَنفُسِهِمْحَرَجًۭامِّمَّاقَضَيْتَوَيُسَلِّمُوا۟تَسْلِيمًۭا

But nay, by thy Sustainer! They do not [really] believe unless they make thee [O Prophet] a judge of all on which they disagree among themselves, and then find in their hearts no bar to an acceptance of thy decision and give themselves up [to it] in utter self-surrender.

وَلَوْأَنَّاكَتَبْنَاعَلَيْهِمْأَنِٱقْتُلُوٓا۟أَنفُسَكُمْأَوِٱخْرُجُوا۟مِندِيَٰرِكُممَّافَعَلُوهُإِلَّاقَلِيلٌۭمِّنْهُمْوَلَوْأَنَّهُمْفَعَلُوا۟مَايُوعَظُونَبِهِۦلَكَانَخَيْرًۭالَّهُمْوَأَشَدَّتَثْبِيتًۭا

Yet if We were to ordain for them, "Lay down your lives," or, "Forsake your homelands," only a very few of them would do it - although, if they did what they are admonished to do, it would indeed be for their own good and apt to strengthen them greatly [in faith],

وَإِذًۭالَّءَاتَيْنَٰهُممِّنلَّدُنَّآأَجْرًاعَظِيمًۭا

whereupon We should indeed grant them, out of Our grace, a mighty reward,

وَلَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْصِرَٰطًۭامُّسْتَقِيمًۭا

and indeed guide them onto a straight way.

وَمَنيُطِعِٱللَّهَوَٱلرَّسُولَفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَمَعَٱلَّذِينَأَنْعَمَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِممِّنَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَوَٱلصِّدِّيقِينَوَٱلشُّهَدَآءِوَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَوَحَسُنَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَرَفِيقًۭا

For, all who pay heed unto God and the Apostle shall be among those upon whom God has bestowed His blessings: the prophets, and those who never deviated from the truth, and those who [with their lives] bore witness to the truth, and the right­eous ones: and how goodly a company are these!

ذَٰلِكَٱلْفَضْلُمِنَٱللَّهِوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِعَلِيمًۭا

Such is the bounty of God - and none has the knowledge which God has.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟خُذُوا۟حِذْرَكُمْفَٱنفِرُوا۟ثُبَاتٍأَوِٱنفِرُوا۟جَمِيعًۭا

O YOU who have attained to faith! Be fully prepared against danger, whether you go to war in small groups or all together.

وَإِنَّمِنكُمْلَمَنلَّيُبَطِّئَنَّفَإِنْأَصَٰبَتْكُممُّصِيبَةٌۭقَالَقَدْأَنْعَمَٱللَّهُعَلَىَّإِذْلَمْأَكُنمَّعَهُمْشَهِيدًۭا

And, behold, there are indeed among you such as would lag behind, and then, if calamity befalls you, say, "God has bestowed His favour upon me in that I did not accompany them."

وَلَئِنْأَصَٰبَكُمْفَضْلٌۭمِّنَٱللَّهِلَيَقُولَنَّكَأَنلَّمْتَكُنۢبَيْنَكُمْوَبَيْنَهُۥمَوَدَّةٌۭيَٰلَيْتَنِىكُنتُمَعَهُمْفَأَفُوزَفَوْزًاعَظِيمًۭا

But if good fortune comes to you from God, such a person is sure to say - just as if there had never been any question of love between you and him -: "Oh, would that I had been with them, and thus had a [share in their] mighty triumph!"

فَلْيُقَٰتِلْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِٱلَّذِينَيَشْرُونَٱلْحَيَوٰةَٱلدُّنْيَابِٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَمَنيُقَٰتِلْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَيُقْتَلْأَوْيَغْلِبْفَسَوْفَنُؤْتِيهِأَجْرًاعَظِيمًۭا

Hence, let them fight in God's cause - all who are willing to barter the life of this world for the life to come: for unto him who fights in God's cause, whether he be slain or be victorious, We shall in time grant a mighty reward.

وَمَالَكُمْلَاتُقَٰتِلُونَفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِوَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَمِنَٱلرِّجَالِوَٱلنِّسَآءِوَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِٱلَّذِينَيَقُولُونَرَبَّنَآأَخْرِجْنَامِنْهَٰذِهِٱلْقَرْيَةِٱلظَّالِمِأَهْلُهَاوَٱجْعَللَّنَامِنلَّدُنكَوَلِيًّۭاوَٱجْعَللَّنَامِنلَّدُنكَنَصِيرًا

And how could you refuse to fight in the cause of God and of the utterly helpless men and women and children who are crying, "O our Sustainer! Lead us forth [to freedom] out of this land whose people are oppressors, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, a protector, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, one who will bring us succour!"

ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟يُقَٰتِلُونَفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِوَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟يُقَٰتِلُونَفِىسَبِيلِٱلطَّٰغُوتِفَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟أَوْلِيَآءَٱلشَّيْطَٰنِإِنَّكَيْدَٱلشَّيْطَٰنِكَانَضَعِيفًا

Those who have attained to faith fight in the cause of God, whereas those who are bent on denying the truth fight in the cause of the powers of evil. Fight, then, against those friends of Satan: verily, Satan's guile is weak indeed!

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَقِيلَلَهُمْكُفُّوٓا۟أَيْدِيَكُمْوَأَقِيمُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتُوا۟ٱلزَّكَوٰةَفَلَمَّاكُتِبَعَلَيْهِمُٱلْقِتَالُإِذَافَرِيقٌۭمِّنْهُمْيَخْشَوْنَٱلنَّاسَكَخَشْيَةِٱللَّهِأَوْأَشَدَّخَشْيَةًۭوَقَالُوا۟رَبَّنَالِمَكَتَبْتَعَلَيْنَاٱلْقِتَالَلَوْلَآأَخَّرْتَنَآإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍۢقَرِيبٍۢقُلْمَتَٰعُٱلدُّنْيَاقَلِيلٌۭوَٱلْءَاخِرَةُخَيْرٌۭلِّمَنِٱتَّقَىٰوَلَاتُظْلَمُونَفَتِيلًا

ART THOU NOT aware of those who have been told, "Curb your hands, and be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues"? But as soon as fighting [in God's cause] is ordained for them, lo, some of them stand in awe of men as one should stand in awe of God - or in even greater awe - and say, "O our Sustainer! Why hast Thou ordained fighting for us? If only Thou hadst granted us a delay for a little while!" Say: "Brief is the enjoyment of this world, whereas the life to come is the best for all who are conscious of God - since none of you shall be wronged by as much as a hair's breadth.

أَيْنَمَاتَكُونُوا۟يُدْرِككُّمُٱلْمَوْتُوَلَوْكُنتُمْفِىبُرُوجٍۢمُّشَيَّدَةٍۢوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْحَسَنَةٌۭيَقُولُوا۟هَٰذِهِۦمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْسَيِّئَةٌۭيَقُولُوا۟هَٰذِهِۦمِنْعِندِكَقُلْكُلٌّۭمِّنْعِندِٱللَّهِفَمَالِهَٰٓؤُلَآءِٱلْقَوْمِلَايَكَادُونَيَفْقَهُونَحَدِيثًۭا

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you - even though you be in towers raised high. "Yet, when a good thing happens to them, some [people] say, "This is from God," whereas when evil befalls them, they say, "This is from thee [O fellow­man]!” Say: "All is from God." What, then, is amiss with these people that they are in no wise near to grasping the truth of what they are told?

مَّآأَصَابَكَمِنْحَسَنَةٍۢفَمِنَٱللَّهِوَمَآأَصَابَكَمِنسَيِّئَةٍۢفَمِننَّفْسِكَوَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَلِلنَّاسِرَسُولًۭاوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِشَهِيدًۭا

Whatever good happens to thee is from God; and whatever evil befalls thee is from thyself. AND WE have sent thee [O Muhammad] as an apostle unto all mankind: and none can bear witness [thereto] as God does.

مَّنيُطِعِٱلرَّسُولَفَقَدْأَطَاعَٱللَّهَوَمَنتَوَلَّىٰفَمَآأَرْسَلْنَٰكَعَلَيْهِمْحَفِيظًۭا

Whoever pays heed unto the Apostle pays heed unto God thereby; and as for those who turn away - We have not sent thee to be their keeper.