Quran 4:104 — An-Nisaa, verse 104
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not be faint-hearted in pursuing the enemy: if you are suffering hardship, so are they, but you hope to receive something from God for which they cannot hope. God is all knowing and wise.
وَلَا تَهِنُوا فِي ابْتِغَاءِ الْقَوْمِ ۖ إِنْ تَكُونُوا تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ ۖ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
walā tahinū fī ib'tighāi l-qawmi in takūnū talamūna fa-innahum yalamūna kamā talamūna watarjūna mina l-lahi mā lā yarjūna wakāna l-lahu ʿalīman ḥakīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Faint not in seeking the heathen; if you are suffering, they are also suffering as you are suffering, and you are hoping from God for that for which they cannot hope; God is All-knowing, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- And be not faint of heart when you seek out the [enemy] host. If you happen to suffer pain, behold, they suffer pain even as you suffer it: but you are hoping [to receive] from God what they cannot hope for. And God is indeed all-knowing, wise.
- Sahih International
- And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you should be suffering - so are they suffering as you are suffering, but you expect from Allāh that which they expect not. And Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَهِنُوا۟tahinū | be weak | وهن |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱبْتِغَآءِib'tighāi | pursuit | بغي |
| 5 | ٱلْقَوْمِ ۖl-qawmi | (of) the people | قوم |
| 6 | إِنin | If | — |
| 7 | تَكُونُوا۟takūnū | you are | كون |
| 8 | تَأْلَمُونَtalamūna | suffering | ألم |
| 9 | فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahum | then indeed, they | — |
| 10 | يَأْلَمُونَyalamūna | are (also) suffering | ألم |
| 11 | كَمَاkamā | like what | — |
| 12 | تَأْلَمُونَ ۖtalamūna | you are suffering | ألم |
| 13 | وَتَرْجُونَwatarjūna | while you (have) hope | رجو |
| 14 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 16 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 17 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 18 | يَرْجُونَ ۗyarjūna | they hope | رجو |
| 19 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 20 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 21 | عَلِيمًاʿalīman | All-Knowing | علم |
| 22 | حَكِيمًاḥakīman | All-Wise | حكم |