Quran 4:128 — An-Nisaa, verse 128
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If a wife fears high-handedness or alienation from her husband, neither of them will be blamed if they come to a peaceful settlement, for peace is best. Although human souls are prone to selfishness, if you do good and are mindful of God, He is well aware of all that you do.
وَإِنِ امْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا ۚ وَالصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌ ۗ وَأُحْضِرَتِ الْأَنْفُسُ الشُّحَّ ۚ وَإِنْ تُحْسِنُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا
wa-ini im'ra-atun khāfat min baʿlihā nushūzan aw iʿ'rāḍan falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā an yuṣ'liḥā baynahumā ṣul'ḥan wal-ṣul'ḥu khayrun wa-uḥ'ḍirati l-anfusu l-shuḥa wa-in tuḥ'sinū watattaqū fa-inna l-laha kāna bimā taʿmalūna khabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If a woman fear rebelliousness or aversion in her husband, there is no fault in them if the couple set things right between them; right settlement is better; and souls are very prone to avarice. If you do good and are godfearing, surely God is aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if a woman has reason to fear ill-treatment from her husband, or that he might turn away from her, it shall not be wrong for the two to set things peacefully to rights between themselves: for peace is best, and selfishness is ever-present in human souls. But if you do good and are conscious of Him - behold, God is indeed aware of all that you do.
- Sahih International
- And if a woman fears from her husband contempt or evasion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of settlement between them - and settlement is best. And present in [human] souls is stinginess. But if you do good and fear Allāh - then indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنِwa-ini | And if | — |
| 2 | ٱمْرَأَةٌim'ra-atun | a woman | مرأ |
| 3 | خَافَتْkhāfat | fears | خوف |
| 4 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 5 | بَعْلِهَاbaʿlihā | her husband | بعل |
| 6 | نُشُوزًاnushūzan | ill-conduct | نشز |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | إِعْرَاضًۭاiʿ'rāḍan | desertion | عرض |
| 9 | فَلَاfalā | then (there is) no | — |
| 10 | جُنَاحَjunāḥa | sin | جنح |
| 11 | عَلَيْهِمَآʿalayhimā | on both of them | — |
| 12 | أَنan | that | — |
| 13 | يُصْلِحَاyuṣ'liḥā | they make terms of peace | صلح |
| 14 | بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā | between themselves | بين |
| 15 | صُلْحًۭا ۚṣul'ḥan | a reconciliation | صلح |
| 16 | وَٱلصُّلْحُwal-ṣul'ḥu | and [the] reconciliation | صلح |
| 17 | خَيْرٌۭ ۗkhayrun | (is) best | خير |
| 18 | وَأُحْضِرَتِwa-uḥ'ḍirati | And are swayed | حضر |
| 19 | ٱلْأَنفُسُl-anfusu | the souls | نفس |
| 20 | ٱلشُّحَّ ۚl-shuḥa | (by) greed | شحح |
| 21 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 22 | تُحْسِنُوا۟tuḥ'sinū | you do good | حسن |
| 23 | وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqū | and fear (Allah) | وقي |
| 24 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 25 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 26 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 27 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 28 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 29 | خَبِيرًۭاkhabīran | All-Aware | خبر |