Quran 4:112 — An-Nisaa, verse 112
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and anyone who commits an offence or a sin, and then throws the blame on to some innocent person, has burdened himself with deceit as well as flagrant sin.
وَمَنْ يَكْسِبْ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ إِثْمًا ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِ بَرِيئًا فَقَدِ احْتَمَلَ بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُبِينًا
waman yaksib khaṭīatan aw ith'man thumma yarmi bihi barīan faqadi iḥ'tamala buh'tānan wa-ith'man mubīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And whosoever earns a fault or a sin and then casts it upon the innocent, thereby has laid upon himself calumny and manifest sin.
- Muhammad Asad
- But he who commits a fault or a sin and then throws the blame therefore on an innocent person, burdens himself with the guilt of calumny and [yet another] flagrant sin.
- Sahih International
- But whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent [person] has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 2 | يَكْسِبْyaksib | earns | كسب |
| 3 | خَطِيٓـَٔةًkhaṭīatan | a fault | خطأ |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | إِثْمًۭاith'man | a sin | أثم |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | يَرْمِyarmi | throws | رمي |
| 8 | بِهِۦbihi | it | — |
| 9 | بَرِيٓـًۭٔاbarīan | (on) an innocent | برأ |
| 10 | فَقَدِfaqadi | then surely | — |
| 11 | ٱحْتَمَلَiḥ'tamala | he (has) burdened (himself) | حمل |
| 12 | بُهْتَـٰنًۭاbuh'tānan | (with) a slander | بهت |
| 13 | وَإِثْمًۭاwa-ith'man | and a sin | أثم |
| 14 | مُّبِينًۭاmubīnan | manifest | بين |