Quran 4:141 — An-Nisaa, verse 141
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The [hypocrites] wait to see what happens to you and, if God brings you success, they say, ‘Were we not on your side?’ but if the disbelievers have some success, they say to them, ‘Did we not have the upper hand over you, and [yet] protect you from the believers?’ God will judge between you all on the Day of Resurrection, and He will give the disbelievers no means of overcoming the believers.
الَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ نَكُنْ مَعَكُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نَصِيبٌ قَالُوا أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ فَاللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ وَلَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا
alladhīna yatarabbaṣūna bikum fa-in kāna lakum fatḥun mina l-lahi qālū alam nakun maʿakum wa-in kāna lil'kāfirīna naṣībun qālū alam nastaḥwidh ʿalaykum wanamnaʿkum mina l-mu'minīna fal-lahu yaḥkumu baynakum yawma l-qiyāmati walan yajʿala l-lahu lil'kāfirīna ʿalā l-mu'minīna sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who wait upon you and, if a victory comes to you from God, say, 'Were we not with you?' but if the unbelievers get a share, they say, 'Did we not gain the mastery over you, and did we not defend you from the believers?' God will judge between you on the Resurrection Day, and God will not grant the unbelievers any way over the believers.
- Muhammad Asad
- who but wait to see what betides you: thus, if triumph comes to you from God, they say, "Were we not on your side?"- whereas if those who deny the truth are in luck, they say [to them], "Have we not earned your affection by defending you against those believers?'' But God will judge between you all on the Day of Resurrection; and never will God allow those who deny the truth to harm the believers.
- Sahih International
- Those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allāh, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not gain the advantage over you, but we protected you from the believers?" Allāh will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allāh give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يَتَرَبَّصُونَyatarabbaṣūna | are waiting | ربص |
| 3 | بِكُمْbikum | for you | — |
| 4 | فَإِنfa-in | Then if | — |
| 5 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 6 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 7 | فَتْحٌۭfatḥun | a victory | فتح |
| 8 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 10 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 11 | أَلَمْalam | Were not | — |
| 12 | نَكُنnakun | we | كون |
| 13 | مَّعَكُمْmaʿakum | with you | — |
| 14 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 15 | كَانَkāna | (there) was | كون |
| 16 | لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 17 | نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībun | a chance | نصب |
| 18 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 19 | أَلَمْalam | Did not | — |
| 20 | نَسْتَحْوِذْnastaḥwidh | we have advantage | حوذ |
| 21 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | over you | — |
| 22 | وَنَمْنَعْكُمwanamnaʿkum | and we protected you | منع |
| 23 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 24 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 25 | فَٱللَّهُfal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 26 | يَحْكُمُyaḥkumu | will judge | حكم |
| 27 | بَيْنَكُمْbaynakum | between you | بين |
| 28 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 29 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 30 | وَلَنwalan | and never | — |
| 31 | يَجْعَلَyajʿala | will make | جعل |
| 32 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 33 | لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 34 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 35 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 36 | سَبِيلًاsabīlan | a way | سبل |