Rub El Hizb 37

One of the 240 subdivisions of the Quran (quarter of a Hizb)

4:88
۞فَمَا
fama
So what
لَكُمۡ
lakum
(is the matter) with you
فِي
fi
concerning
ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ
al-munafiqina
the hypocrites (that)
فِئَتَيۡنِ
fi-atayni
(you have become) two parties
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
While Allah
أَرۡكَسَهُم
arkasahum
cast them back
بِمَا
bima
for what
كَسَبُوٓاْۚ
kasabu
they earned
أَتُرِيدُونَ
aturiduna
Do you wish
أَن
an
that
تَهۡدُواْ
tahdu
you guide
مَنۡ
man
whom
أَضَلَّ
adalla
is let astray
ٱللَّهُۖ
al-lahu
(by) Allah
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُضۡلِلِ
yud'lili
is let astray
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
(by) Allah
فَلَن
falan
then never
تَجِدَ
tajida
will you find
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
سَبِيلٗا
sabilan
a way
٨٨

[Believers], why are you divided in two about the hypocrites, when God Himself has rejected them because of what they have done? Do you want to guide those God has left to stray? If God leaves anyone to stray, you [Prophet] will never find the way for him

Translation 1260

4:89
وَدُّواْ
waddu
They wish
لَوۡ
law
if
تَكۡفُرُونَ
takfuruna
you disbelieve
كَمَا
kama
as
كَفَرُواْ
kafaru
they disbelieved
فَتَكُونُونَ
fatakununa
and you would be
سَوَآءٗۖ
sawaan
alike
فَلَا
fala
So (do) not
تَتَّخِذُواْ
tattakhidhu
take
مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
from them
أَوۡلِيَآءَ
awliyaa
allies
حَتَّىٰ
hatta
until
يُهَاجِرُواْ
yuhajiru
they emigrate
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
ٱللَّهِۚ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
تَوَلَّوۡاْ
tawallaw
they turn back
فَخُذُوهُمۡ
fakhudhuhum
seize them
وَٱقۡتُلُوهُمۡ
wa-uq'tuluhum
and kill them
حَيۡثُ
haythu
wherever
وَجَدتُّمُوهُمۡۖ
wajadttumuhum
you find them
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تَتَّخِذُواْ
tattakhidhu
take
مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
from them
وَلِيّٗا
waliyyan
any ally
وَلَا
wala
and not
نَصِيرًا
nasiran
any helper
٨٩

They would dearly like you to reject faith, as they themselves have done, to be like them. So do not take them as allies until they migrate [to Medina] for God’s cause. If they turn [on you], then seize and kill them wherever you encounter them. Take none of them as an ally or supporter

Translation 1260

4:90
إِلَّا
illa
Except
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَصِلُونَ
yasiluna
join
إِلَىٰ
ila
[to]
قَوۡمِۭ
qawmin
a group
بَيۡنَكُمۡ
baynakum
between you
وَبَيۡنَهُم
wabaynahum
and between them
مِّيثَٰقٌ
mithaqun
(is) a treaty
أَوۡ
aw
or
جَآءُوكُمۡ
jaukum
those who come to you
حَصِرَتۡ
hasirat
restraining
صُدُورُهُمۡ
suduruhum
their hearts
أَن
an
that
يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡ
yuqatilukum
they fight you
أَوۡ
aw
or
يُقَٰتِلُواْ
yuqatilu
they fight
قَوۡمَهُمۡۚ
qawmahum
their people
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
شَآءَ
shaa
(had) willed
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لَسَلَّطَهُمۡ
lasallatahum
surely He (would have) given them power
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
alaykum
over you
فَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمۡۚ
falaqatalukum
and surely they (would have) fought you
فَإِنِ
fa-ini
So if
ٱعۡتَزَلُوكُمۡ
i'tazalukum
they withdraw from you
فَلَمۡ
falam
and (do) not
يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡ
yuqatilukum
fight against you
وَأَلۡقَوۡاْ
wa-alqaw
and offer
إِلَيۡكُمُ
ilaykumu
to you
ٱلسَّلَمَ
al-salama
[the] peace
فَمَا
fama
then not
جَعَلَ
ja'ala
(has) made
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
alayhim
against them
سَبِيلٗا
sabilan
a way
٩٠

But as for those who seek refuge with people with whom you have a treaty, or who come over to you because their hearts shrink from fighting against you or against their own people, God could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they withdraw and do not fight you, and offer you peace, then God gives you no way against them

Translation 1260

4:91
سَتَجِدُونَ
satajiduna
You will find
ءَاخَرِينَ
akharina
others
يُرِيدُونَ
yuriduna
wishing
أَن
an
that
يَأۡمَنُوكُمۡ
yamanukum
they be secure from you
وَيَأۡمَنُواْ
wayamanu
and they be secure from
قَوۡمَهُمۡ
qawmahum
their people
كُلَّ
kulla
Everytime
مَا
ma
that
رُدُّوٓاْ
ruddu
they are returned
إِلَى
ila
to
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ
al-fit'nati
the temptation
أُرۡكِسُواْ
ur'kisu
they are plunged
فِيهَاۚ
fiha
into it
فَإِن
fa-in
So if
لَّمۡ
lam
not
يَعۡتَزِلُوكُمۡ
ya'tazilukum
they withdraw from you
وَيُلۡقُوٓاْ
wayul'qu
and offer
إِلَيۡكُمُ
ilaykumu
to you
ٱلسَّلَمَ
al-salama
[the] peace
وَيَكُفُّوٓاْ
wayakuffu
and they restrain
أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ
aydiyahum
their hands
فَخُذُوهُمۡ
fakhudhuhum
then seize them
وَٱقۡتُلُوهُمۡ
wa-uq'tuluhum
and kill them
حَيۡثُ
haythu
wherever
ثَقِفۡتُمُوهُمۡۚ
thaqif'tumuhum
you find them
وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ
wa-ulaikum
And those
جَعَلۡنَا
ja'alna
We made
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
alayhim
against them
سُلۡطَٰنٗا
sul'tanan
an authority
مُّبِينٗا
mubinan
clear
٩١

You will find others who wish to be safe from you, and from their own people, but whenever they are back in a situation where they are tempted [to fight you], they succumb to it. So if they neither withdraw, nor offer you peace, nor restrain themselves from fighting you, seize and kill them wherever you encounter them: We give you clear authority against such people

Translation 1260

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4:92
وَمَا
wama
And not
كَانَ
kana
is
لِمُؤۡمِنٍ
limu'minin
for a believer
أَن
an
that
يَقۡتُلَ
yaqtula
he kills
مُؤۡمِنًا
mu'minan
a believer
إِلَّا
illa
except
خَطَـٔٗاۚ
khata-an
(by) mistake
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
قَتَلَ
qatala
killed
مُؤۡمِنًا
mu'minan
a believer
خَطَـٔٗا
khata-an
(by) mistake
فَتَحۡرِيرُ
fatahriru
then freeing
رَقَبَةٖ
raqabatin
(of) a slave
مُّؤۡمِنَةٖ
mu'minatin
believing
وَدِيَةٞ
wadiyatun
and blood money
مُّسَلَّمَةٌ
musallamatun
(is to be) paid
إِلَىٰٓ
ila
to
أَهۡلِهِۦٓ
ahlihi
his family
إِلَّآ
illa
unless
أَن
an
that
يَصَّدَّقُواْۚ
yassaddaqu
they remit (as) charity
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
كَانَ
kana
(he) was
مِن
min
from
قَوۡمٍ
qawmin
a people
عَدُوّٖ
aduwwin
hostile
لَّكُمۡ
lakum
to you
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he was
مُؤۡمِنٞ
mu'minun
a believer
فَتَحۡرِيرُ
fatahriru
then freeing
رَقَبَةٖ
raqabatin
(of) a believing slave
مُّؤۡمِنَةٖۖ
mu'minatin
believing
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
كَانَ
kana
(he) was
مِن
min
from
قَوۡمِۭ
qawmin
a people
بَيۡنَكُمۡ
baynakum
between you
وَبَيۡنَهُم
wabaynahum
and between them
مِّيثَٰقٞ
mithaqun
(is) a treaty
فَدِيَةٞ
fadiyatun
then blood money
مُّسَلَّمَةٌ
musallamatun
(is to be) paid
إِلَىٰٓ
ila
to
أَهۡلِهِۦ
ahlihi
his family
وَتَحۡرِيرُ
watahriru
and freeing
رَقَبَةٖ
raqabatin
(of) a slave
مُّؤۡمِنَةٖۖ
mu'minatin
believing
فَمَن
faman
And whoever
لَّمۡ
lam
(does) not
يَجِدۡ
yajid
find
فَصِيَامُ
fasiyamu
then fasting
شَهۡرَيۡنِ
shahrayni
(for) two months
مُتَتَابِعَيۡنِ
mutatabi'ayni
consecutively
تَوۡبَةٗ
tawbatan
(seeking) repentance
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِۗ
al-lahi
Allah
وَكَانَ
wakana
and is
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
عَلِيمًا
aliman
All-Knowing
حَكِيمٗا
hakiman
All-Wise
٩٢

Never should a believer kill another believer, except by mistake. If anyone kills a believer by mistake he must free one Muslim slave and pay compensation to the victim’s relatives, unless they charitably forgo it; if the victim belonged to a people at war with you but is a believer, then the compensation is only to free a believing slave; if he belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty, then compensation should be handed over to his relatives, and a believing slave set free. Anyone who lacks the means to do this must fast for two consecutive months by way of repentance to God: God is all knowing, all wise

Translation 1260

4:93
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَقۡتُلۡ
yaqtul
kills
مُؤۡمِنٗا
mu'minan
a believer
مُّتَعَمِّدٗا
muta'ammidan
intentionally
فَجَزَآؤُهُۥ
fajazauhu
then his recompense
جَهَنَّمُ
jahannamu
(is) Hell
خَٰلِدٗا
khalidan
abiding forever
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
وَغَضِبَ
waghadiba
and will fall the wrath
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
(of) Allah
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
on him
وَلَعَنَهُۥ
wala'anahu
and He (will) curse him
وَأَعَدَّ
wa-a'adda
and He has prepared
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
عَذَابًا
adhaban
a punishment
عَظِيمٗا
aziman
great
٩٣

If anyone kills a believer deliberately, the punishment for him is Hell, and there he will remain: God is angry with him, and rejects him, and has prepared a tremendous torment for him

Translation 1260

4:94
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
who
ءَامَنُوٓاْ
amanu
believe[d]
إِذَا
idha
When
ضَرَبۡتُمۡ
darabtum
you go forth
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
فَتَبَيَّنُواْ
fatabayyanu
then investigate
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَقُولُواْ
taqulu
say
لِمَنۡ
liman
to (the one) who
أَلۡقَىٰٓ
alqa
offers
إِلَيۡكُمُ
ilaykumu
to you
ٱلسَّلَٰمَ
al-salama
(a greeting of) peace
لَسۡتَ
lasta
You are not
مُؤۡمِنٗا
mu'minan
a believer
تَبۡتَغُونَ
tabtaghuna
seeking
عَرَضَ
arada
transitory gains
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
al-hayati
(of) the life
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
فَعِندَ
fa'inda
for with
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
مَغَانِمُ
maghanimu
(are) booties
كَثِيرَةٞۚ
kathiratun
abundant
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhalika
Like that
كُنتُم
kuntum
you were
مِّن
min
from
قَبۡلُ
qablu
before
فَمَنَّ
famanna
then conferred favor
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
alaykum
upon you
فَتَبَيَّنُوٓاْۚ
fatabayyanu
so investigate
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
كَانَ
kana
is
بِمَا
bima
of what
تَعۡمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
you do
خَبِيرٗا
khabiran
All-Aware
٩٤

So, you who believe, be careful when you go to fight in God’s way, and do not say to someone who offers you a greeting of peace, ‘You are not a believer,’ out of desire for the chance gains of this life- God has plenty of gains for you. You yourself were in the same position [once], but God was gracious to you, so be careful: God is fully aware of what you do

Translation 1260

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4:95
لَّا
la
Not
يَسۡتَوِي
yastawi
(are) equal
ٱلۡقَٰعِدُونَ
al-qa'iduna
the ones who sit
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
al-mu'minina
the believers
غَيۡرُ
ghayru
other than
أُوْلِي
uli
the ones (who are)
ٱلضَّرَرِ
al-darari
[the] disabled
وَٱلۡمُجَٰهِدُونَ
wal-mujahiduna
and the ones who strive
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ
bi-amwalihim
with their wealth
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ
wa-anfusihim
and their lives
فَضَّلَ
faddala
Preferred
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
(has) Allah
ٱلۡمُجَٰهِدِينَ
al-mujahidina
the ones who strive
بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ
bi-amwalihim
with their wealth
وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ
wa-anfusihim
and their lives
عَلَى
ala
to
ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَ
al-qa'idina
the ones who sit
دَرَجَةٗۚ
darajatan
(in) rank
وَكُلّٗا
wakullan
And (to) all
وَعَدَ
wa'ada
promised
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
(has) Allah
ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ
al-hus'na
the best
وَفَضَّلَ
wafaddala
preferred
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
(has) Allah
ٱلۡمُجَٰهِدِينَ
al-mujahidina
the ones who strive
عَلَى
ala
over
ٱلۡقَٰعِدِينَ
al-qa'idina
the ones who sit
أَجۡرًا
ajran
(with) a reward
عَظِيمٗا
aziman
great
٩٥

Those believers who stay at home, apart from those with an incapacity, are not equal to those who commit themselves and their possessions to striving in God’s way. God has raised such people to a rank above those who stay at home- although He has promised all believers a good reward, those who strive are favoured with a tremendous reward above those who stay at home

Translation 1260

4:96
دَرَجَٰتٖ
darajatin
Ranks
مِّنۡهُ
min'hu
from Him
وَمَغۡفِرَةٗ
wamaghfiratan
and forgiveness
وَرَحۡمَةٗۚ
warahmatan
and mercy
وَكَانَ
wakana
And is
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
غَفُورٗا
ghafuran
Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًا
rahiman
Most Merciful
٩٦

high ranks conferred by Him, as well as forgiveness, and mercy: God is most forgiving and merciful

Translation 1260

4:97
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those whom
تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ
tawaffahumu
take them (in death)
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
al-malaikatu
the Angels
ظَالِمِيٓ
zalimi
(while) they (were) wronging
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
anfusihim
themselves
قَالُواْ
qalu
they say
فِيمَ
fima
In what (condition)
كُنتُمۡۖ
kuntum
were you
قَالُواْ
qalu
They said
كُنَّا
kunna
We were
مُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ
mus'tad'afina
oppressed
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
al-ardi
the earth
قَالُوٓاْ
qalu
They said
أَلَمۡ
alam
Not
تَكُنۡ
takun
was
أَرۡضُ
ardu
(the) earth
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَٰسِعَةٗ
wasi'atan
spacious (enough)
فَتُهَاجِرُواْ
fatuhajiru
so that you (could) emigrate
فِيهَاۚ
fiha
in it
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulaika
Then those
مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ
mawahum
(will have) their abode
جَهَنَّمُۖ
jahannamu
(in) Hell
وَسَآءَتۡ
wasaat
and it is an evil
مَصِيرًا
masiran
destination
٩٧

When the angels take the souls of those who have wronged themselves, they ask them, ‘What circumstances were you in?’ They reply, ‘We were oppressed in this land,’ and the angels say, ‘But was God’s earth not spacious enough for you to migrate to some other place?’ These people will have Hell as their refuge, an evil destination

Translation 1260

4:98
إِلَّا
illa
Except
ٱلۡمُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ
al-mus'tad'afina
the oppressed
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلرِّجَالِ
al-rijali
the men
وَٱلنِّسَآءِ
wal-nisai
and the women
وَٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنِ
wal-wil'dani
and the children
لَا
la
(who) not
يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
yastati'una
are able to
حِيلَةٗ
hilatan
plan
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَهۡتَدُونَ
yahtaduna
they are directed
سَبِيلٗا
sabilan
(to) a way
٩٨

but not so the truly helpless men, women, and children who have no means in their power nor any way to leave

Translation 1260

4:99
فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulaika
Then those
عَسَى
asa
may be
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
أَن
an
will
يَعۡفُوَ
ya'fuwa
pardon
عَنۡهُمۡۚ
anhum
[on] them
وَكَانَ
wakana
and is
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
عَفُوًّا
afuwwan
Oft-Pardoning
غَفُورٗا
ghafuran
Oft-Forgiving
٩٩

God may well pardon these, for He is most pardoning and most forgiving. Anyone who migrates for God’s cause will find many a refuge and great plenty in the earth

Translation 1260