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Verse 4:1 · An-Nisaa

Surah 4 · An-Nisaa (The Women) · Medinan · Juz 4 · Mushaf page 77

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍۢ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًۭا كَثِيرًۭا وَنِسَآءًۭ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًۭا

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO
  2. ٱلنَّاسُmankind
  3. ٱتَّقُوا۟Fear
  4. رَبَّكُمُyour Lord
  5. ٱلَّذِىthe One Who
  6. خَلَقَكُمcreated you
  7. مِّنfrom
  8. نَّفْسٍۢa soul
  9. وَٰحِدَةٍۢsingle
  10. وَخَلَقَand created
  11. مِنْهَاfrom it
  12. زَوْجَهَاits mate
  13. وَبَثَّand dispersed
  14. مِنْهُمَاfrom both of them
  15. رِجَالًۭاmen
  16. كَثِيرًۭاmany
  17. وَنِسَآءًۭ ۚand women
  18. وَٱتَّقُوا۟And fear
  19. ٱللَّهَAllah
  20. ٱلَّذِى(through) Whom
  21. تَسَآءَلُونَyou ask
  22. بِهِۦ[with it]
  23. وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚand the wombs
  24. إِنَّIndeed
  25. ٱللَّهَAllah
  26. كَانَis
  27. عَلَيْكُمْover you
  28. رَقِيبًۭاEver-Watchful

Word-by-word translation: Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh & Kausar Khatri

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