Qur’an 4:1 An-Nisa, verse 1
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.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- An-Nisa (4)
- Verse
- 1 of 176
- Revealed
- Madani
- Juz
- 4
- Mushaf page
- 77
Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا | yāayyuhā | O |
| ٱلنَّاسُ | l-nāsu | mankind |
| ٱتَّقُوا۟ | ittaqū | Fear |
| رَبَّكُمُ | rabbakumu | your Lord |
| ٱلَّذِى | alladhī | the One Who |
| خَلَقَكُم | khalaqakum | created you |
| مِّن | min | from |
| نَّفْسٍۢ | nafsin | a soul |
| وَٰحِدَةٍۢ | wāḥidatin | single |
| وَخَلَقَ | wakhalaqa | and created |
| مِنْهَا | min'hā | from it |
| زَوْجَهَا | zawjahā | its mate |
| وَبَثَّ | wabatha | and dispersed |
| مِنْهُمَا | min'humā | from both of them |
| رِجَالًۭا | rijālan | men |
| كَثِيرًۭا | kathīran | many |
| وَنِسَآءًۭ ۚ | wanisāan | and women |
| وَٱتَّقُوا۟ | wa-ittaqū | And fear |
| ٱللَّهَ | l-laha | Allah |
| ٱلَّذِى | alladhī | (through) Whom |
| تَسَآءَلُونَ | tasāalūna | you ask |
| بِهِۦ | bihi | [with it] |
| وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ | wal-arḥāma | and the wombs |
| إِنَّ | inna | Indeed |
| ٱللَّهَ | l-laha | Allah |
| كَانَ | kāna | is |
| عَلَيْكُمْ | ʿalaykum | over you |
| رَقِيبًۭا | raqīban | Ever-Watchful |
In context
The verses around 4:1 in An-Nisa.
- 4:2وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ بِٱلطَّيِّبِ ۖ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حُوبًۭا كَبِيرًۭاAnd give to the orphans their properties and do not substitute the defective [of your own] for the good [of theirs]. And do not consume their properties into your own. Indeed, that is ever a great sin.
- 4:3وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice].
Keep reading
- Read all of An-Nisa The full surah with audio, 176 verses.
- The 99 Names of Allah Meanings and reflections.
Read the Qur’an with Niyat
Word-by-word reading, recitation and sourced explanations in the app.
Get Niyat