Surah An-Nisaa

فَكَيْفَإِذَاجِئْنَامِنكُلِّأُمَّةٍۭبِشَهِيدٍۢوَجِئْنَابِكَعَلَىٰهَٰٓؤُلَآءِشَهِيدًۭا

How, then, [will the sinners fare on Judgment Day,] when We shall bring forward witnesses from within every community, and bring thee [O Prophet] as witness against them?

يَوْمَئِذٍۢيَوَدُّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَعَصَوُا۟ٱلرَّسُولَلَوْتُسَوَّىٰبِهِمُٱلْأَرْضُوَلَايَكْتُمُونَٱللَّهَحَدِيثًۭا

Those who were bent on denying the truth and paid no heed to the Apostle will on that Day wish that the earth would swallow them: but they shall not [be able to] conceal from God anything that has happened.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَقْرَبُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَأَنتُمْسُكَٰرَىٰحَتَّىٰتَعْلَمُوا۟مَاتَقُولُونَوَلَاجُنُبًاإِلَّاعَابِرِىسَبِيلٍحَتَّىٰتَغْتَسِلُوا۟وَإِنكُنتُممَّرْضَىٰٓأَوْعَلَىٰسَفَرٍأَوْجَآءَأَحَدٌۭمِّنكُممِّنَٱلْغَآئِطِأَوْلَٰمَسْتُمُٱلنِّسَآءَفَلَمْتَجِدُوا۟مَآءًۭفَتَيَمَّمُوا۟صَعِيدًۭاطَيِّبًۭافَٱمْسَحُوا۟بِوُجُوهِكُمْوَأَيْدِيكُمْإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَفُوًّاغَفُورًا

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not attempt to pray while you are in a state of drunkenness, [but wait] until you know what you are saying; nor yet [while you are] in a state requiring total ablution, until you have bathed - except if you are travelling [and are unable to do so]. But if you are ill, or are travelling, or have just satisfied a want of nature, or have cohabited with a woman, and can find no water - then take resort to pure dust, passing [there­with] lightly over your face and your hands. Behold, God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving.

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟نَصِيبًۭامِّنَٱلْكِتَٰبِيَشْتَرُونَٱلضَّلَٰلَةَوَيُرِيدُونَأَنتَضِلُّوا۟ٱلسَّبِيلَ

ART THOU NOT aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, now barter it away for error, and want you [too] to lose your way?

وَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِأَعْدَآئِكُمْوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِوَلِيًّۭاوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِنَصِيرًۭا

But God knows best who are your enemies: and none can befriend as God does, and none can give succour as God does.

مِّنَٱلَّذِينَهَادُوا۟يُحَرِّفُونَٱلْكَلِمَعَنمَّوَاضِعِهِۦوَيَقُولُونَسَمِعْنَاوَعَصَيْنَاوَٱسْمَعْغَيْرَمُسْمَعٍۢوَرَٰعِنَالَيًّۢابِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْوَطَعْنًۭافِىٱلدِّينِوَلَوْأَنَّهُمْقَالُوا۟سَمِعْنَاوَأَطَعْنَاوَٱسْمَعْوَٱنظُرْنَالَكَانَخَيْرًۭالَّهُمْوَأَقْوَمَوَلَٰكِنلَّعَنَهُمُٱللَّهُبِكُفْرِهِمْفَلَايُؤْمِنُونَإِلَّاقَلِيلًۭا

Among those of the Jewish faith there are some who distort the meaning of the [revealed] words, taking them out of their context and saying, [as it were,] "We have heard, but we disobey," and, "Hear without hearkening,” and, “Hearken thou unto us, (O Muhammad)” - thus making a play with their tongues, and implying that the [true] Faith is false. And had they but said, "We have heard, and we pay heed," and "Hear [us], and have patience with us," it would indeed have been for their own good, and more upright: but God has rejected them because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth - for it is in but few things that they believe.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَءَامِنُوا۟بِمَانَزَّلْنَامُصَدِّقًۭالِّمَامَعَكُممِّنقَبْلِأَننَّطْمِسَوُجُوهًۭافَنَرُدَّهَاعَلَىٰٓأَدْبَارِهَآأَوْنَلْعَنَهُمْكَمَالَعَنَّآأَصْحَٰبَٱلسَّبْتِوَكَانَأَمْرُٱللَّهِمَفْعُولًا

O you who have been granted revelation [aforetime]! Believe in what We have [now] bestowed from on high in confirmation of whatever [of the truth] you already possess, lest We efface your hopes and bring them to an end - just as We rejected those people who broke the Sabbath: for God's will is always done.

إِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَغْفِرُأَنيُشْرَكَبِهِۦوَيَغْفِرُمَادُونَذَٰلِكَلِمَنيَشَآءُوَمَنيُشْرِكْبِٱللَّهِفَقَدِٱفْتَرَىٰٓإِثْمًاعَظِيمًا

VERILY, God does not forgive the ascribing of divinity to aught beside Him, although He forgives any lesser sin unto whomever He wills: for he who ascribes divinity to aught beside God has indeed contrived an awesome sin.

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَيُزَكُّونَأَنفُسَهُمبَلِٱللَّهُيُزَكِّىمَنيَشَآءُوَلَايُظْلَمُونَفَتِيلًا

Art thou not aware of those who consider themselves pure? Nay, but it is God who causes whomever He wills to grow in purity; and none shall be wronged by as much as a hair's breadth.

ٱنظُرْكَيْفَيَفْتَرُونَعَلَىٱللَّهِٱلْكَذِبَوَكَفَىٰبِهِۦٓإِثْمًۭامُّبِينًا

Behold how they attribute their own lying inventions to God - than which there is no sin more obvious.

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟نَصِيبًۭامِّنَٱلْكِتَٰبِيُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْجِبْتِوَٱلطَّٰغُوتِوَيَقُولُونَلِلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟هَٰٓؤُلَآءِأَهْدَىٰمِنَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟سَبِيلًا

Art thou not aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, [now] believe in baseless mysteries and in the powers of evil, and maintain that those who are bent on denying the truth are more surely guided than those who have attained to faith?

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَلَعَنَهُمُٱللَّهُوَمَنيَلْعَنِٱللَّهُفَلَنتَجِدَلَهُۥنَصِيرًا

It is they whom God has rejected: and he whom God rejects shall find none to succour him.

أَمْلَهُمْنَصِيبٌۭمِّنَٱلْمُلْكِفَإِذًۭالَّايُؤْتُونَٱلنَّاسَنَقِيرًا

Have they, perchance, a share in [God's] dominion? But [if they had], lo, they would not give to other people as much as [would fill] the groove of a date-stone!

أَمْيَحْسُدُونَٱلنَّاسَعَلَىٰمَآءَاتَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُمِنفَضْلِهِۦفَقَدْءَاتَيْنَآءَالَإِبْرَٰهِيمَٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْحِكْمَةَوَءَاتَيْنَٰهُممُّلْكًاعَظِيمًۭا

Do they, perchance, envy other people for what God has granted them out of His bounty? But then, We did grant revelation and wisdom unto the House of Abraham, and We did bestow on them a mighty dominion:

فَمِنْهُممَّنْءَامَنَبِهِۦوَمِنْهُممَّنصَدَّعَنْهُوَكَفَىٰبِجَهَنَّمَسَعِيرًا

and among them are such as [truly] believe in him, and among them are such as have turned away from him. And nothing could be as burning as [the fire of] hell:

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاسَوْفَنُصْلِيهِمْنَارًۭاكُلَّمَانَضِجَتْجُلُودُهُمبَدَّلْنَٰهُمْجُلُودًاغَيْرَهَالِيَذُوقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَعَزِيزًاحَكِيمًۭا

for, verily, those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages We shall, in time, cause to endure fire: [and] every time their skins are burnt off, We shall replace them with new skins, so that they may taste suffering [in full] Verily, God is almighty, wise.

وَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِسَنُدْخِلُهُمْجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَآأَبَدًۭالَّهُمْفِيهَآأَزْوَٰجٌۭمُّطَهَّرَةٌۭوَنُدْخِلُهُمْظِلًّۭاظَلِيلًا

But those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds We shall bring into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide beyond the count of time; there shall they have spouses pure: and [thus] We shall bring them unto happiness abounding.

إِنَّٱللَّهَيَأْمُرُكُمْأَنتُؤَدُّوا۟ٱلْأَمَٰنَٰتِإِلَىٰٓأَهْلِهَاوَإِذَاحَكَمْتُمبَيْنَٱلنَّاسِأَنتَحْكُمُوا۟بِٱلْعَدْلِإِنَّٱللَّهَنِعِمَّايَعِظُكُمبِهِۦٓإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَسَمِيعًۢابَصِيرًۭا

BEHOLD, God bids you to deliver all that you have been entrusted with unto those who are entitled thereto, and whenever you judge between people, to judge with justice. Verily, most excellent is what God exhorts you to do: verily, God is all-hearing, all-seeing!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَطِيعُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَأَطِيعُوا۟ٱلرَّسُولَوَأُو۟لِىٱلْأَمْرِمِنكُمْفَإِنتَنَٰزَعْتُمْفِىشَىْءٍۢفَرُدُّوهُإِلَىٱللَّهِوَٱلرَّسُولِإِنكُنتُمْتُؤْمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلْءَاخِرِذَٰلِكَخَيْرٌۭوَأَحْسَنُتَأْوِيلًا

O you who have attained to faith! Pay heed unto God, and pay heed unto the Apostle and unto those from among you who have been entrusted with authority; and if you are at variance over any matter, refer it unto God and the Apostle, if you [truly] believe in God and the Last Day. This is the best [for you], and best in the end.

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَيَزْعُمُونَأَنَّهُمْءَامَنُوا۟بِمَآأُنزِلَإِلَيْكَوَمَآأُنزِلَمِنقَبْلِكَيُرِيدُونَأَنيَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟إِلَىٱلطَّٰغُوتِوَقَدْأُمِرُوٓا۟أَنيَكْفُرُوا۟بِهِۦوَيُرِيدُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُأَنيُضِلَّهُمْضَلَٰلًۢابَعِيدًۭا

ART THOU NOT aware of those who claim that they believe in what has been bestowed from on high upon thee, [O Prophet,] as well as in what was bestowed from on high before thee, [and yet] are willing to defer to the rule of the powers of evil - although they were bidden to deny it, seeing that Satan but wants to lead them far astray?