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An-Nisa 32

Ayah 32 of 176 · Medinan

وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوۡاْ مَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ بَعۡضَكُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۚ لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٞ مِّمَّا ٱكۡتَسَبُواْۖ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٞ مِّمَّا ٱكۡتَسَبۡنَۚ وَسۡـَٔلُواْ ٱللَّهَ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا ٣٢

And do not wish for that by which Allāh has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of1 what they have earned. And ask Allāh of His bounty. Indeed Allāh is ever, of all things, Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This may refer to shares of inheritance, wages and reward in the Hereafter.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَتَمَنَّوۡاْcovettatamannaw
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. فَضَّلَ(has) bestowedfaḍḍala
  5. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  6. بِهِۦ[with it]bihi
  7. بَعۡضَكُمۡsome of youbaʿḍakum
  8. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  9. بَعۡضٖۚothersbaʿḍin
  10. لِّلرِّجَالِFor menlilrrijāli
  11. نَصِيبٞ(is) a sharenaṣībun
  12. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  13. ٱكۡتَسَبُواْۖthey earnedik'tasabū
  14. وَلِلنِّسَآءِand for womenwalilnnisāi
  15. نَصِيبٞ(is) a sharenaṣībun
  16. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  17. ٱكۡتَسَبۡنَۚthey earnedik'tasabna
  18. وَسۡـَٔلُواْAnd askwasalū
  19. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  20. مِنofmin
  21. فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚHis bountyfaḍlihi
  22. إِنَّIndeedinna
  23. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  24. كَانَiskāna
  25. بِكُلِّof everybikulli
  26. شَيۡءٍthingshayin
  27. عَلِيمٗاAll-Knowerʿalīman

Tafsir

O believers, do not wish for what Allah favours some of you over others with, so that this does not lead to resentment and envy. Women should not wish for what Allah has given to men in particular: for men is a share from what they do, and for women is a share from what they do – neither of them is rewarded except through what they earn. Ask Allah to answer your prayers out of His favour to you. Allah knows all things. In His wisdom, He gives and withholds.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran