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An-Nisa 53

Ayah 53 of 176 · Medinan

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ نَصِيبٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُلۡكِ فَإِذٗا لَّا يُؤۡتُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ نَقِيرًا ٥٣

Or have they a share of dominion? Then [if that were so], they would not give the people [even as much as] the speck on a date seed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  3. نَصِيبٞ(is) a sharenaṣībun
  4. مِّنَofmina
  5. ٱلۡمُلۡكِthe Kingdoml-mul'ki
  6. فَإِذٗاThenfa-idhan
  7. لَّاnot wouldlā
  8. يُؤۡتُونَthey giveyu'tūna
  9. ٱلنَّاسَthe peoplel-nāsa
  10. نَقِيرًا(even as much as the) speck on a date seednaqīran

Tafsir

They do not have any share in the dominion, and if they did, they would not give people anything from it, not even as much as the speck on the surface of a date stone.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran