Quran 4:123 — An-Nisaa, verse 123
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It will not be according to your hopes or those of the People of the Book: anyone who does wrong will be requited for it and will find no one to protect or help him against God;
لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ ۗ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
laysa bi-amāniyyikum walā amāniyyi ahli l-kitābi man yaʿmal sūan yuj'za bihi walā yajid lahu min dūni l-lahi waliyyan walā naṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is not your fancies, nor the fancies of the People of the Book. Whosoever does evil shall be recompensed for it, and will not find for him, apart from God, a friend or helper.
- Muhammad Asad
- It may not accord with your wishful thinking - nor with the wishful thinking of the followers of earlier revelation - [that] he who does evil shall be requited for it, and shall find none to protect him from God, and none to bring him succour,
- Sahih International
- It [i.e., Paradise] is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allāh a protector or a helper.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّيْسَlaysa | Not | ليس |
| 2 | بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْbi-amāniyyikum | by your desire | مني |
| 3 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 4 | أَمَانِىِّamāniyyi | (by the) desire | مني |
| 5 | أَهْلِahli | (of the) People | أهل |
| 6 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 7 | مَنman | Whoever | — |
| 8 | يَعْمَلْyaʿmal | does | عمل |
| 9 | سُوٓءًۭاsūan | evil | سوأ |
| 10 | يُجْزَyuj'za | will be recompensed | جزي |
| 11 | بِهِۦbihi | for it | — |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 13 | يَجِدْyajid | he will find | وجد |
| 14 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 15 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 16 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan | any protector | ولي |
| 19 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 20 | نَصِيرًۭاnaṣīran | any helper | نصر |