Women — Verse 90

4:90 · an-Nisa`

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Women 4:90

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Arabic English Morphology
إِلَّا illā
Except Prep
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
يَصِلُونَ yaṣilūna
join V
إِلَىٰ ilā
[to] Prep
قَوْمٍۭ qawmin
a group Noun
بَيْنَكُمْ baynakum
between you Noun
وَبَيْنَهُم wabaynahum
and between them Noun
مِّيثَٰقٌ mīthāqun
(is) a treaty Noun
أَوْ aw
or Prep
جَآءُوكُمْ jāūkum
those who come to you V
حَصِرَتْ ḥaṣirat
restraining V
صُدُورُهُمْ ṣudūruhum
their hearts Noun
أَن an
that Prep
يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ yuqātilūkum
they fight you V
أَوْ aw
or Prep
يُقَٰتِلُوا۟ yuqātilū
they fight V
قَوْمَهُمْ qawmahum
their people Noun
وَلَوْ walaw
And if Prep
شَآءَ shāa
(had) willed V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
لَسَلَّطَهُمْ lasallaṭahum
surely He (would have) given them power V
عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum
over you Prep
فَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمْ falaqātalūkum
and surely they (would have) fought you V
فَإِنِ fa-ini
So if Prep
ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْ iʿ'tazalūkum
they withdraw from you V
فَلَمْ falam
and (do) not Prep
يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ yuqātilūkum
fight against you V
وَأَلْقَوْا۟ wa-alqaw
and offer V
إِلَيْكُمُ ilaykumu
to you Prep
ٱلسَّلَمَ l-salama
[the] peace Noun
فَمَا famā
then not Prep
جَعَلَ jaʿala
(has) made V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
لَكُمْ lakum
for you Noun
عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim
against them Prep
سَبِيلًا sabīlan
a way Noun

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِینَ یَصِلُونَ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِۭ بَیۡنَكُمۡ وَبَیۡنَهُم مِّیثَـٰقٌ أَوۡ جَاۤءُوكُمۡ حَصِرَتۡ صُدُورُهُمۡ أَن یُقَـٰتِلُوكُمۡ أَوۡ یُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ قَوۡمَهُمۡۚ وَلَوۡ شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمۡ عَلَیۡكُمۡ فَلَقَـٰتَلُوكُمۡۚ فَإِنِ ٱعۡتَزَلُوكُمۡ فَلَمۡ یُقَـٰتِلُوكُمۡ وَأَلۡقَوۡا۟ إِلَیۡكُمُ ٱلسَّلَمَ فَمَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ عَلَیۡهِمۡ سَبِیلࣰا ۝٩٠

illā alladhīna yaṣilūna ilā qawmin baynakum wabaynahum mīthāqun aw jāūkum ḥaṣirat ṣudūruhum an yuqātilūkum aw yuqātilū qawmahum walaw shāa l-lahu lasallaṭahum ʿalaykum falaqātalūkum fa-ini iʿ'tazalūkum falam yuqātilūkum wa-alqaw ilaykumu l-salama famā jaʿala l-lahu lakum ʿalayhim sabīla

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