Quran 4:1 — An-Nisaa, verse 1
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People, be mindful of your Lord, who created you from a single soul, and from it created its mate, and from the pair of them spread countless men and women far and wide; be mindful of God, in whose name you make requests of one another. Beware of severing the ties of kinship: God is always watching over you.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا
yāayyuhā l-nāsu ittaqū rabbakumu alladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wakhalaqa min'hā zawjahā wabatha min'humā rijālan kathīran wanisāan wa-ittaqū l-laha alladhī tasāalūna bihi wal-arḥāma inna l-laha kāna ʿalaykum raqīban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Mankind, fear your Lord, who created you of a single soul, and from it created its mate, and from the pair of them scattered abroad many men and women; and fear God by whom you demand one of another, and the wombs; surely God ever watches over you.
- Muhammad Asad
- O MANKIND! Be conscious of your Sustainer, who has created you out of one living entity, and out of it created its mate, and out of the two spread abroad a multitude of men and women. And remain conscious of God, in whose name you demand [your rights] from one another, and of these ties of kinship. Verily, God is ever watchful over you!
- Sahih International
- 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 whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allāh is ever, over you, an Observer.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | mankind | نوس |
| 3 | ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqū | Fear | وقي |
| 4 | رَبَّكُمُrabbakumu | your Lord | ربب |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 6 | خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakum | created you | خلق |
| 7 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 8 | نَّفْسٍۢnafsin | a soul | نفس |
| 9 | وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatin | single | وحد |
| 10 | وَخَلَقَwakhalaqa | and created | خلق |
| 11 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 12 | زَوْجَهَاzawjahā | its mate | زوج |
| 13 | وَبَثَّwabatha | and dispersed | بثث |
| 14 | مِنْهُمَاmin'humā | from both of them | — |
| 15 | رِجَالًۭاrijālan | men | رجل |
| 16 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | many | كثر |
| 17 | وَنِسَآءًۭ ۚwanisāan | and women | نسو |
| 18 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | And fear | وقي |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (through) Whom | — |
| 21 | تَسَآءَلُونَtasāalūna | you ask | سأل |
| 22 | بِهِۦbihi | [with it] | — |
| 23 | وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚwal-arḥāma | and the wombs | رحم |
| 24 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 25 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 26 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 27 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | over you | — |
| 28 | رَقِيبًۭاraqīban | Ever-Watchful | رقب |