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An-Nisa 36

Ayah 36 of 176 · Medinan

۞ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُشۡرِكُواْ بِهِۦ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ إِحۡسَٰنٗا وَبِذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱلۡجَارِ ذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡجَارِ ٱلۡجُنُبِ وَٱلصَّاحِبِ بِٱلۡجَنۢبِ وَٱبۡنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ مُخۡتَالٗا فَخُورًا ٣٦

Worship Allāh and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side,1 the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allāh does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., those whose acquaintance you have made. Also interpreted as the wife.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَٱعۡبُدُواْAnd worshipwa-uʿ'budū
  2. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  3. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  4. تُشۡرِكُواْassociatetush'rikū
  5. بِهِۦwith Himbihi
  6. شَيۡـٔٗاۖanythingshayan
  7. وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِand to the parentswabil-wālidayni
  8. إِحۡسَٰنٗا(do) goodiḥ'sānan
  9. وَبِذِيand withwabidhī
  10. ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰthe relativesl-qur'bā
  11. وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰand the orphanswal-yatāmā
  12. وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِand the needywal-masākīni
  13. وَٱلۡجَارِand the neighborwal-jāri
  14. ذِي(who is)dhī
  15. ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰnearl-qur'bā
  16. وَٱلۡجَارِand the neighborwal-jāri
  17. ٱلۡجُنُبِ(who is) farther awayl-junubi
  18. وَٱلصَّاحِبِand the companionwal-ṣāḥibi
  19. بِٱلۡجَنۢبِby your sidebil-janbi
  20. وَٱبۡنِand thewa-ib'ni
  21. ٱلسَّبِيلِtravelerl-sabīli
  22. وَمَاand whatwamā
  23. مَلَكَتۡpossess[ed]malakat
  24. أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۗyour right handsaymānukum
  25. إِنَّIndeedinna
  26. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  27. لَا(does) notlā
  28. يُحِبُّloveyuḥibbu
  29. مَن(the one) whoman
  30. كَانَiskāna
  31. مُخۡتَالٗا[a] proudmukh'tālan
  32. فَخُورًا(and) [a] boastfulfakhūran

Tafsir

Worship Allah alone faithfully and do not worship next to Him anything else. Be good to your parents, honouring them and treating them with respect, and be good to relatives, orphans and the poor. Be good to the neighbour who is a relative and the neighbour who is not a relative; the friend you spend time with; the traveller who is a stranger and has no means whereby to complete his journey; and to slaves. Allah does not like those who think too much of themselves and are arrogant with people, and praise themselves as a way of boasting.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran