Quran 16:95 — An-Nahl, verse 95
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not sell for a small price any pledge made in God’s name: what God has [to give] is better for you, if you only knew.
وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
walā tashtarū biʿahdi l-lahi thamanan qalīlan innamā ʿinda l-lahi huwa khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And do not sell the covenant of God for a small price; surely what is with God -- that is better for you, did you but know.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, do not barter away your bond with God for a trifling gain! Verily, that which is with God is by far the best for you, if you but knew it:
- Sahih International
- And do not exchange the covenant of Allāh for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allāh is best for you, if only you could know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَشْتَرُوا۟tashtarū | exchange | شري |
| 3 | بِعَهْدِbiʿahdi | the covenant | عهد |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 5 | ثَمَنًۭاthamanan | (for) a price | ثمن |
| 6 | قَلِيلًا ۚqalīlan | little | قلل |
| 7 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Indeed, what | — |
| 8 | عِندَʿinda | (is) with | عند |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 10 | هُوَhuwa | it | — |
| 11 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is) better | خير |
| 12 | لَّكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 13 | إِنin | if | — |
| 14 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you were (to) | كون |
| 15 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |