٤ - ٱلنِّسَاء

4 - An-Nisa

يٰۗاَيُّھَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا كُوْنُوْا قَوّٰمِيْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُہَدَاۗءَ لِلہِ وَلَوْ عَلٰۗي اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَوِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْاَقْرَبِيْنَ۝۰ۚ اِنْ يَّكُنْ غَنِيًّا اَوْ فَقِيْرًا فَاللہُ اَوْلٰى بِہِمَا۝۰ۣ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا الْہَوٰۗى اَنْ تَعْدِلُوْا۝۰ۚ وَاِنْ تَلْوٗۗا اَوْ تُعْرِضُوْا فَاِنَّ اللہَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِيْرًا۝۱۳۵
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo koonoo qawwameena bialqisti shuhadaa lillahi walaw AAala anfusikum awi alwalidayni waalaqrabeena in yakun ghaniyyan aw faqeeran faAllahu awla bihima fala tattabiAAoo alhawa an taAAdiloo wain talwoo aw tuAAridoo fainna Allaha kana bima taAAmaloona khabeeran

English

Ahmed Ali

O you who believe, be custodians of justice (and) witnesses for God, even though against yourselves or your parents or your relatives. Whether a man be rich or poor, God is his greater well-wisher than you. So follow not the behests of lust lest you swerve from justice; and if you prevaricate or avoid (giving evidence), God is cognisant of all that you do.

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يٰۗاَيُّھَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْۗا اٰمِنُوْا بِاللہِ وَرَسُوْلِہٖ وَالْكِتٰبِ الَّذِيْ نَزَّلَ عَلٰي رَسُوْلِہٖ وَالْكِتٰبِ الَّذِيْۗ اَنْزَلَ مِنْ قَبْلُ۝۰ۭ وَمَنْ يَّكْفُرْ بِاللہِ وَمَلٰۗىِٕكَتِہٖ وَكُتُبِہٖ وَرُسُلِہٖ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلٰلًۢا بَعِيْدًا۝۱۳۶
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo aminoo biAllahi warasoolihi waalkitabi allathee nazzala AAala rasoolihi waalkitabi allathee anzala min qablu waman yakfur biAllahi wamalaikatihi wakutubihi warusulihi waalyawmi alakhiri faqad dalla dalalan baAAeedan

English

Ahmed Ali

O believers, believe in God and His Messenger and the Book He has revealed to His Apostle, and the Books revealed before. But he who believes not in God and His angels and the Books and the prophets and the Last Day, has wandered far away.

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اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوْا ثُمَّ اٰمَنُوْا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوْا ثُمَّ ازْدَادُوْا كُفْرًا لَّمْ يَكُنِ اللہُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَھُمْ وَلَا لِيَہْدِيَھُمْ سَبِيْلًا۝۱۳۷ۭ
Inna allatheena amanoo thumma kafaroo thumma amanoo thumma kafaroo thumma izdadoo kufran lam yakuni Allahu liyaghfira lahum wala liyahdiyahum sabeelan

English

Ahmed Ali

Those who accept the faith, then disbelieve, then return to it, and deny once again and increase in disbelief, will not be forgiven by God or be guided by Him.

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بَشِّرِ الْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ بِاَنَّ لَھُمْ عَذَابًا اَلِيْـمَۨا۝۱۳۸ۙ
Bashshiri almunafiqeena bianna lahum AAathaban aleeman

English

Ahmed Ali

Give tidings to the hypocrites that painful is their doom.

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الَّذِيْنَ يَتَّخِذُوْنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ اَوْلِيَاۗءَ مِنْ دُوْنِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ۝۰ۭ اَيَبْتَغُوْنَ عِنْدَھُمُ الْعِزَّۃَ فَاِنَّ الْعِزَّۃَ لِلہِ جَمِيْعًا۝۱۳۹ۭ
Allatheena yattakhithoona alkafireena awliyaa min dooni almumineena ayabtaghoona AAindahumu alAAizzata fainna alAAizzata lillahi jameeAAan

English

Ahmed Ali

Do those who take unbelievers as their friends in preference to the faithful seek power from them? But all power belongs to God.

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وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتٰبِ اَنْ اِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ اٰيٰتِ اللہِ يُكْفَرُ بِھَا وَيُسْتَہْزَاُ بِھَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوْا مَعَھُمْ حَتّٰي يَخُوْضُوْا فِيْ حَدِيْثٍ غَيْرِہٖۗ ۝۰ۡۖ اِنَّكُمْ اِذًا مِّثْلُھُمْ۝ ۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ جَامِعُ الْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ وَالْكٰفِرِيْنَ فِيْ جَہَنَّمَ جَمِيْعَۨا۝۱۴۰ۙ
Waqad nazzala AAalaykum fee alkitabi an itha samiAAtum ayati Allahi yukfaru biha wayustahzao biha fala taqAAudoo maAAahum hatta yakhoodoo fee hadeethin ghayrihi innakum ithan mithluhum inna Allaha jamiAAu almunafiqeena waalkafireena fee jahannama jameeAAan

English

Ahmed Ali

You have been commanded in the Book that whensoever you hear God's messages denied or derided, do not sit in that company until they begin talking of other things, or you will be no different from them. Indeed God will put the hypocrites and infidels together in Hell.

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الَّذِيْنَ يَتَرَبَّصُوْنَ بِكُمْ۝۰ۚ فَاِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِّنَ اللہِ قَالُوْۗا اَلَمْ نَكُنْ مَّعَكُمْ۝۰ۡۖ وَاِنْ كَانَ لِلْكٰفِرِيْنَ نَصِيْبٌ۝۰ۙ قَالُوْۗا اَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُمْ مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ۝۰ۭ فَاللہُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَۃِ۝۰ۭ وَلَنْ يَّجْعَلَ اللہُ لِلْكٰفِرِيْنَ عَلَي الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ سَبِيْلًا۝۱۴۱ۧ
Allatheena yatarabbasoona bikum fain kana lakum fathun mina Allahi qaloo alam nakun maAAakum wain kana lilkafireena naseebun qaloo alam nastahwith AAalaykum wanamnaAAkum mina almumineena faAllahu yahkumu baynakum yawma alqiyamati walan yajAAala Allahu lilkafireena AAala almumineena sabeelan

English

Ahmed Ali

Those who wait to see what befalls you, say in ease success comes to you from God: "Were we not with you?" But if fortune favours the infidels, they say: "Did we not overpower you, and yet protected you against the believers?" But God will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection; and God will never give the unbelievers a way over the faithful.

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اِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ يُخٰدِعُوْنَ اللہَ وَھُوَخَادِعُھُمْ۝۰ۚ وَاِذَا قَامُوْۗا اِلَى الصَّلٰوۃِ قَامُوْا كُسَالٰى۝۰ۙ يُرَاۗءُوْنَ النَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ اللہَ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا۝۱۴۲ۡۙ
Inna almunafiqeena yukhadiAAoona Allaha wahuwa khadiAAuhum waitha qamoo ila alssalati qamoo kusala yuraoona alnnasa wala yathkuroona Allaha illa qaleelan

English

Ahmed Ali

The hypocrites try to deceive God, but He (leads them to) deceive themselves. When they stand up for performing the service of prayer they do so indolently, only for show, and remember God but little,

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مُّذَبْذَبِيْنَ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ۝۰ۤۖ لَاۗ اِلٰى ہٰۗؤُلَاۗءِ وَلَاۗ اِلٰى ہٰۗؤُلَاۗءِ۝۰ۭ وَمَنْ يُّضْلِلِ اللہُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَہٗ سَبِيْلًا۝۱۴۳
Muthabthabeena bayna thalika la ila haolai wala ila haolai waman yudlili Allahu falan tajida lahu sabeelan

English

Ahmed Ali

Wavering between the two, neither with these nor with those. For them who are not given the guidance by God, you will never find a way.

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يٰۗاَيُّھَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْكٰفِرِيْنَ اَوْلِيَاۗءَ مِنْ دُوْنِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ۝۰ۭ اَتُرِيْدُوْنَ اَنْ تَجْعَلُوْا لِلہِ عَلَيْكُمْ سُلْطٰنًا مُّبِيْنًا۝۱۴۴
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tattakhithoo alkafireena awliyaa min dooni almumineena atureedoona an tajAAaloo lillahi AAalaykum sultanan mubeenan

English

Ahmed Ali

O believers, do not hold unbelievers as friends in preference to the faithful. Do you want to proffer a clear proof of your own guilt before God?

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