Quran 4:114 — An-Nisaa, verse 114
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is no good in most of their secret talk, only in commanding charity, or good, or reconciliation between people. To anyone who does these things, seeking to please God, We shall give a rich reward;
لَا خَيْرَ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنْ نَجْوَاهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ إِصْلَاحٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
lā khayra fī kathīrin min najwāhum illā man amara biṣadaqatin aw maʿrūfin aw iṣ'lāḥin bayna l-nāsi waman yafʿal dhālika ib'tighāa marḍāti l-lahi fasawfa nu'tīhi ajran ʿaẓīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No good is there in much of their conspiring, except for him who bids to freewill offering, or honour, or setting things right between the people. Whoso does that, seeking God's good pleasure, We shall surely give him a mighty wage.
- Muhammad Asad
- NO GOOD comes, as a rule, out of secret confabulations - saving such as are devoted to enjoining charity, or equitable dealings, or setting things to rights between people: and unto him who does this out of a longing for God's goodly acceptance We shall in time grant a mighty reward.
- Sahih International
- No good is there in much of their private conversation, except for those who enjoin charity or that which is right or conciliation between people. And whoever does that seeking means to the approval of Allāh - then We are going to give him a great reward.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ لَّاlā | (There is) no | — |
| 2 | خَيْرَkhayra | good | خير |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | كَثِيرٍۢkathīrin | much | كثر |
| 5 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 6 | نَّجْوَىٰهُمْnajwāhum | their secret talk | نجو |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | مَنْman | (he) who | — |
| 9 | أَمَرَamara | orders | أمر |
| 10 | بِصَدَقَةٍbiṣadaqatin | charity | صدق |
| 11 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 12 | مَعْرُوفٍmaʿrūfin | kindness | عرف |
| 13 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 14 | إِصْلَـٰحٍۭiṣ'lāḥin | conciliation | صلح |
| 15 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 16 | ٱلنَّاسِ ۚl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 17 | وَمَنwaman | And who | — |
| 18 | يَفْعَلْyafʿal | does | فعل |
| 19 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 20 | ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāa | seeking | بغي |
| 21 | مَرْضَاتِmarḍāti | pleasure | رضو |
| 22 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 23 | فَسَوْفَfasawfa | then soon | — |
| 24 | نُؤْتِيهِnu'tīhi | We will give him | أتي |
| 25 | أَجْرًاajran | a reward | أجر |
| 26 | عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīman | great | عظم |