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An-Nisa 1

Ayah 1 of 176 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٖ وَخَلَقَ مِنۡهَا زَوۡجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنۡهُمَا رِجَالٗا كَثِيرٗا وَنِسَآءٗۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلۡأَرۡحَامَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ رَقِيبٗا ١

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 Allāh, through whom1 you ask one another,2 and the wombs.3 Indeed Allāh is ever,4 over you, an Observer.5

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In whose name.

2 i.e., request favors and demand rights.

3 i.e., fear Allāh in regard to relations of kinship.

4 When used in conjunction with Allāh's attributes, the word "ever" (occurring repeatedly throughout this sūrah and elsewhere, such as in sūrah al-Aḥzāb) is quite inadequate in imparting the sense of continuation expressed by the word "kāna" in Arabic, which indicates "always was, is, and always will be."

5 Ever-present and taking account of everything.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلنَّاسُmankindl-nāsu
  3. ٱتَّقُواْFearittaqū
  4. رَبَّكُمُyour Lordrabbakumu
  5. ٱلَّذِيthe One Whoalladhī
  6. خَلَقَكُمcreated youkhalaqakum
  7. مِّنfrommin
  8. نَّفۡسٖa soulnafsin
  9. وَٰحِدَةٖsinglewāḥidatin
  10. وَخَلَقَand createdwakhalaqa
  11. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  12. زَوۡجَهَاits matezawjahā
  13. وَبَثَّand dispersedwabatha
  14. مِنۡهُمَاfrom both of themmin'humā
  15. رِجَالٗاmenrijālan
  16. كَثِيرٗاmanykathīran
  17. وَنِسَآءٗۚand womenwanisāan
  18. وَٱتَّقُواْAnd fearwa-ittaqū
  19. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  20. ٱلَّذِي(through) Whomalladhī
  21. تَسَآءَلُونَyou asktasāalūna
  22. بِهِۦ[with it]bihi
  23. وَٱلۡأَرۡحَامَۚand the wombswal-arḥāma
  24. إِنَّIndeedinna
  25. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  26. كَانَiskāna
  27. عَلَيۡكُمۡover youʿalaykum
  28. رَقِيبٗاEver-Watchfulraqīban

Tafsir

O people, be mindful of your Lord, for it is He Who created you from a single soul: your father Adam; and from Adam He created his wife Eve, your mother. From the two of them, He spread many people, both male and female, all over the earth. Be mindful of Allah when requesting others by Him, such as: ‘I ask you, by Allah, to do such-and-such. Also, be mindful of breaking relations with your blood ties. Allah watches over you and nothing you do escapes Him; rather, He takes it into account and repays you accordingly.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran