Surah An-Nisaa

وَيَقُولُونَطَاعَةٌۭفَإِذَابَرَزُوا۟مِنْعِندِكَبَيَّتَطَآئِفَةٌۭمِّنْهُمْغَيْرَٱلَّذِىتَقُولُوَٱللَّهُيَكْتُبُمَايُبَيِّتُونَفَأَعْرِضْعَنْهُمْوَتَوَكَّلْعَلَىٱللَّهِوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِوَكِيلًا

And they say, "We do pay heed unto thee'' - but when they leave thy presence, some of them devise, in the dark of night, [beliefs] other than thou art voicing; and all the while God records what they thus devise in the dark of night. Leave them, then, alone, and place thy trust in God: for none is as worthy of trust as God.

أَفَلَايَتَدَبَّرُونَٱلْقُرْءَانَوَلَوْكَانَمِنْعِندِغَيْرِٱللَّهِلَوَجَدُوا۟فِيهِٱخْتِلَٰفًۭاكَثِيرًۭا

Will they not, then, try to understand this Qur’an? Had it issued from any but God, they would surely have found in it many an inner contradiction!

وَإِذَاجَآءَهُمْأَمْرٌۭمِّنَٱلْأَمْنِأَوِٱلْخَوْفِأَذَاعُوا۟بِهِۦوَلَوْرَدُّوهُإِلَىٱلرَّسُولِوَإِلَىٰٓأُو۟لِىٱلْأَمْرِمِنْهُمْلَعَلِمَهُٱلَّذِينَيَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥمِنْهُمْوَلَوْلَافَضْلُٱللَّهِعَلَيْكُمْوَرَحْمَتُهُۥلَٱتَّبَعْتُمُٱلشَّيْطَٰنَإِلَّاقَلِيلًۭا

AND IF any [secret] matter pertaining to peace or war comes within their ken, they spread it abroad - whereas, if they would but refer it unto the Apostle and unto those from among the believers who have been entrusted with authority, such of them as are engaged in obtaining intelligence would indeed know [what to do with] it And but for God's bounty towards you, and His grace, all but a few of you would certainly have followed Satan.

فَقَٰتِلْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِلَاتُكَلَّفُإِلَّانَفْسَكَوَحَرِّضِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَعَسَىٱللَّهُأَنيَكُفَّبَأْسَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَٱللَّهُأَشَدُّبَأْسًۭاوَأَشَدُّتَنكِيلًۭا

Fight thou, then, in God's cause - since thou art but responsible for thine own self - and inspire the believers to overcome all fear of death. God may well curb the might of those who are bent on denying the truth: for God is stronger in might, and stronger in ability to deter.

مَّنيَشْفَعْشَفَٰعَةًحَسَنَةًۭيَكُنلَّهُۥنَصِيبٌۭمِّنْهَاوَمَنيَشْفَعْشَفَٰعَةًۭسَيِّئَةًۭيَكُنلَّهُۥكِفْلٌۭمِّنْهَاوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢمُّقِيتًۭا

Whoever rallies to a good cause shall have a share in its blessings; and whoever rallies to an evil cause shall be answerable for his part in it: for, indeed, God watches over everything.

وَإِذَاحُيِّيتُمبِتَحِيَّةٍۢفَحَيُّوا۟بِأَحْسَنَمِنْهَآأَوْرُدُّوهَآإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍحَسِيبًا

But when you are greeted with a greeting [of peace], answer with an even better greeting, or [at least] with the like thereof. Verily, God keeps count indeed of all things.

ٱللَّهُلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَلَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِلَارَيْبَفِيهِوَمَنْأَصْدَقُمِنَٱللَّهِحَدِيثًۭا

God - save whom there is no deity - will surely gather you all together on the Day of Resurrection, [the coming of] which is beyond all doubt: and whose word could be truer than God's?

فَمَالَكُمْفِىٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَفِئَتَيْنِوَٱللَّهُأَرْكَسَهُمبِمَاكَسَبُوٓا۟أَتُرِيدُونَأَنتَهْدُوا۟مَنْأَضَلَّٱللَّهُوَمَنيُضْلِلِٱللَّهُفَلَنتَجِدَلَهُۥسَبِيلًۭا

How, then, could you be of two minds about the hypocrites, seeing that God [Himself] has disowned them because of their guilt? Do you, perchance, seek to guide those whom God has let go astray - when for him whom God lets go astray thou canst never find any way?

وَدُّوا۟لَوْتَكْفُرُونَكَمَاكَفَرُوا۟فَتَكُونُونَسَوَآءًۭفَلَاتَتَّخِذُوا۟مِنْهُمْأَوْلِيَآءَحَتَّىٰيُهَاجِرُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَخُذُوهُمْوَٱقْتُلُوهُمْحَيْثُوَجَدتُّمُوهُمْوَلَاتَتَّخِذُوا۟مِنْهُمْوَلِيًّۭاوَلَانَصِيرًا

They would love to see you deny the truth even as they have denied it, so that you should be like them. Do not, therefore, take them for your allies until they forsake the domain of evil for the sake of God; and if they revert to [open] enmity, seize them and slay them wherever you may find them. And do not take any of them for your ally or giver of succour,

إِلَّاٱلَّذِينَيَصِلُونَإِلَىٰقَوْمٍۭبَيْنَكُمْوَبَيْنَهُممِّيثَٰقٌأَوْجَآءُوكُمْحَصِرَتْصُدُورُهُمْأَنيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْأَوْيُقَٰتِلُوا۟قَوْمَهُمْوَلَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُلَسَلَّطَهُمْعَلَيْكُمْفَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمْفَإِنِٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْفَلَمْيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْوَأَلْقَوْا۟إِلَيْكُمُٱلسَّلَمَفَمَاجَعَلَٱللَّهُلَكُمْعَلَيْهِمْسَبِيلًۭا

unless it be such [of them] as have ties with people to whom you yourselves are bound by a covenant, or such as come unto you because their hearts shrink from [the thought of] making war either on you or on their own folk - although, if God had willed to make them stronger than you, they would certainly have made war on you. Thus, if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, God does not allow you to harm them.

سَتَجِدُونَءَاخَرِينَيُرِيدُونَأَنيَأْمَنُوكُمْوَيَأْمَنُوا۟قَوْمَهُمْكُلَّمَارُدُّوٓا۟إِلَىٱلْفِتْنَةِأُرْكِسُوا۟فِيهَافَإِنلَّمْيَعْتَزِلُوكُمْوَيُلْقُوٓا۟إِلَيْكُمُٱلسَّلَمَوَيَكُفُّوٓا۟أَيْدِيَهُمْفَخُذُوهُمْوَٱقْتُلُوهُمْحَيْثُثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْجَعَلْنَالَكُمْعَلَيْهِمْسُلْطَٰنًۭامُّبِينًۭا

You will find [that there are] others who would like to be safe from you as well as safe from their own folk, [but who,] whenever they are faced anew with temptation to evil, plunge into it headlong. Hence, if they do not let you be, and do not offer you peace, and do not stay their hands, seize them and slay them whenever you come upon them: for it is against these that We have clearly empowered you [to make war].

وَمَاكَانَلِمُؤْمِنٍأَنيَقْتُلَمُؤْمِنًاإِلَّاخَطَـًۭٔاوَمَنقَتَلَمُؤْمِنًاخَطَـًۭٔافَتَحْرِيرُرَقَبَةٍۢمُّؤْمِنَةٍۢوَدِيَةٌۭمُّسَلَّمَةٌإِلَىٰٓأَهْلِهِۦٓإِلَّآأَنيَصَّدَّقُوا۟فَإِنكَانَمِنقَوْمٍعَدُوٍّۢلَّكُمْوَهُوَمُؤْمِنٌۭفَتَحْرِيرُرَقَبَةٍۢمُّؤْمِنَةٍۢوَإِنكَانَمِنقَوْمٍۭبَيْنَكُمْوَبَيْنَهُممِّيثَٰقٌۭفَدِيَةٌۭمُّسَلَّمَةٌإِلَىٰٓأَهْلِهِۦوَتَحْرِيرُرَقَبَةٍۢمُّؤْمِنَةٍۢفَمَنلَّمْيَجِدْفَصِيَامُشَهْرَيْنِمُتَتَابِعَيْنِتَوْبَةًۭمِّنَٱللَّهِوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَلِيمًاحَكِيمًۭا

AND IT IS not conceivable that a believer should slay another believer, unless it be by mistake. And upon him who has slain a believer by mistake there is the duty of freeing a believing soul from bondage and paying an indemnity to the victim's relations, unless they forgo it by way of charity. Now if the slain, while himself a believer, belonged to a people who are at war with you, [the penance shall be confined to] the freeing of a believing soul from bondage; whereas, if he belonged to a people to whom you are bound by a covenant, [it shall consist of] an indemnity to be paid to his relations in ad­dition to the freeing of a believing soul from bon­dage. And he who does not have the wherewithal shall fast [instead] for two consecutive months. (This is) the atonement ordained by God: and God is indeed all-knowing, wise.

وَمَنيَقْتُلْمُؤْمِنًۭامُّتَعَمِّدًۭافَجَزَآؤُهُۥجَهَنَّمُخَٰلِدًۭافِيهَاوَغَضِبَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِوَلَعَنَهُۥوَأَعَدَّلَهُۥعَذَابًاعَظِيمًۭا

But whoever deliberately slays another be­liever, his requital shall be hell, therein to abide; and God will condemn him, and will reject him, and will prepare for him awesome suffering.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِذَاضَرَبْتُمْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَتَبَيَّنُوا۟وَلَاتَقُولُوا۟لِمَنْأَلْقَىٰٓإِلَيْكُمُٱلسَّلَٰمَلَسْتَمُؤْمِنًۭاتَبْتَغُونَعَرَضَٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَافَعِندَٱللَّهِمَغَانِمُكَثِيرَةٌۭكَذَٰلِكَكُنتُممِّنقَبْلُفَمَنَّٱللَّهُعَلَيْكُمْفَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟إِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَخَبِيرًۭا

[Hence,] O you who have attained to faith, when you go forth [to war] in God's cause, use your discernment, and do not - out of a desire for the fleeting gains of this worldly life - say unto anyone who offers you the greeting of peace, "Thou art not a believer" for with God there are gains abundant. You, too, were once in the same condition - but God has been gracious unto you. Use, therefore, your discernment: verily, God is always aware of what you do.

لَّايَسْتَوِىٱلْقَٰعِدُونَمِنَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَغَيْرُأُو۟لِىٱلضَّرَرِوَٱلْمُجَٰهِدُونَفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْوَأَنفُسِهِمْفَضَّلَٱللَّهُٱلْمُجَٰهِدِينَبِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْوَأَنفُسِهِمْعَلَىٱلْقَٰعِدِينَدَرَجَةًۭوَكُلًّۭاوَعَدَٱللَّهُٱلْحُسْنَىٰوَفَضَّلَٱللَّهُٱلْمُجَٰهِدِينَعَلَىٱلْقَٰعِدِينَأَجْرًاعَظِيمًۭا

SUCH of the believers as remain passive - other than the disabled - cannot be deemed equal to those who strive hard in God's cause with their possessions and their lives: God has exalted those who strive hard with their possessions and their lives far above those who remain passive. Although God has promised the ultimate good unto all [believers], yet has God exalted those who strive hard above those who remain passive by [promising them] a mighty reward -

دَرَجَٰتٍۢمِّنْهُوَمَغْفِرَةًۭوَرَحْمَةًۭوَكَانَٱللَّهُغَفُورًۭارَّحِيمًا

[many] degrees thereof - and for­giveness of sins, and His grace; for God is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُظَالِمِىٓأَنفُسِهِمْقَالُوا۟فِيمَكُنتُمْقَالُوا۟كُنَّامُسْتَضْعَفِينَفِىٱلْأَرْضِقَالُوٓا۟أَلَمْتَكُنْأَرْضُٱللَّهِوَٰسِعَةًۭفَتُهَاجِرُوا۟فِيهَافَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَمَأْوَىٰهُمْجَهَنَّمُوَسَآءَتْمَصِيرًا

Behold, those whom the angels gather in death while they are still sinning against themselves, [the angels] will ask, "What was wrong with you?'' They will answer: "We were too weak on earth." [The angels] will say: "Was, then, God's earth not wide enough for you to forsake the domain of evil?" For such, then, the goal is hell - and how evil a journey's end!

إِلَّاٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَمِنَٱلرِّجَالِوَٱلنِّسَآءِوَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَحِيلَةًۭوَلَايَهْتَدُونَسَبِيلًۭا

But excepted shall be the truly helpless - be they men or women or children - who cannot bring forth any strength and have not been shown the right way:

فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَعَسَىٱللَّهُأَنيَعْفُوَعَنْهُمْوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَفُوًّاغَفُورًۭا

as for them, God may well efface their sin - for God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving.

وَمَنيُهَاجِرْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِيَجِدْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمُرَٰغَمًۭاكَثِيرًۭاوَسَعَةًۭوَمَنيَخْرُجْمِنۢبَيْتِهِۦمُهَاجِرًاإِلَىٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦثُمَّيُدْرِكْهُٱلْمَوْتُفَقَدْوَقَعَأَجْرُهُۥعَلَىٱللَّهِوَكَانَٱللَّهُغَفُورًۭارَّحِيمًۭا

And he who forsakes the domain of evil for the sake of God shall find on earth many a lonely road, as well as life abundant. And if anyone leaves his home, fleeing from evil unto God and His Apostle, and then death overtakes him - his reward is ready with God: for God iss indeed much-forgiving, a dis­penser of grace.