Quran 4:109 — An-Nisaa, verse 109
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There you [believers] are, arguing on their behalf in this life, but who will argue on their behalf with God on the Day of Resurrection? Who will be their defender?
هَا أَنْتُمْ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ جَادَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فَمَنْ يُجَادِلُ اللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَمْ مَنْ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا
hāantum hāulāi jādaltum ʿanhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā faman yujādilu l-laha ʿanhum yawma l-qiyāmati am man yakūnu ʿalayhim wakīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ha, there you are; you have disputed on their behalf in the present life; but who will dispute with God on their behalf on the Resurrection Day, or who will be a guardian for them?
- Muhammad Asad
- Oh, you might well argue in their behalf in the life of this world: but who will argue in their behalf with God on the Day of Resurrection, or who will be their defender?
- Sahih International
- Here you are - those who argue on their behalf in [this] worldly life - but who will argue with Allāh for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will [then] be their representative?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantum | Here you are | — |
| 2 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | those who | — |
| 3 | جَـٰدَلْتُمْjādaltum | [you] argue | جدل |
| 4 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | for them | — |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 7 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 8 | فَمَنfaman | but who | — |
| 9 | يُجَـٰدِلُyujādilu | will argue | جدل |
| 10 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (with) Allah | أله |
| 11 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | for them | — |
| 12 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 13 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) [the] Resurrection | قوم |
| 14 | أَمam | or | — |
| 15 | مَّنman | who | — |
| 16 | يَكُونُyakūnu | will be | كون |
| 17 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | [over them] | — |
| 18 | وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan | (their) defender | وكل |