Qur’an 4:2 An-Nisa, verse 2
وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ بِٱلطَّيِّبِ ۖ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حُوبًۭا كَبِيرًۭا
And 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.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| وَءَاتُوا۟ | waātū | And give | أ ت ي |
| ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰٓ | l-yatāmā | (to) the orphans | ي ت م |
| أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ ۖ | amwālahum | their wealth | م و ل |
| وَلَا | walā | and (do) not | |
| تَتَبَدَّلُوا۟ | tatabaddalū | exchange | ب د ل |
| ٱلْخَبِيثَ | l-khabītha | the bad | خ ب ث |
| بِٱلطَّيِّبِ ۖ | bil-ṭayibi | with the good | ط ي ب |
| وَلَا | walā | and (do) not | |
| تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ | takulū | consume | أ ك ل |
| أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ | amwālahum | their wealth | م و ل |
| إِلَىٰٓ | ilā | with | |
| أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ ۚ | amwālikum | your wealth | م و ل |
| إِنَّهُۥ | innahu | Indeed, it | |
| كَانَ | kāna | is | ك و ن |
| حُوبًۭا | ḥūban | a sin | ح و ب |
| كَبِيرًۭا | kabīran | great | ك ب ر |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 4:2 in An-Nisa.
- 4:1يَٰٓأَيُّهَا 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 رَقِيبًۭاO 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.
- 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].
- 4:4وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ صَدُقَٰتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةًۭ ۚ فَإِن طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَن شَىْءٍۢ مِّنْهُ نَفْسًۭا فَكُلُوهُ هَنِيٓـًۭٔا مَّرِيٓـًۭٔاAnd give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease.
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- Qur’an verses about orphans A collection that includes 4:2.
- Read all of An-Nisa The full surah with audio, 176 verses.
- The 99 Names of Allah Meanings and reflections.
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