Quran 4:147 — An-Nisaa, verse 147
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Why should God make you suffer torment if you are thankful and believe in Him? God always rewards gratitude and He knows everything.
مَا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ وَآمَنْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًا
mā yafʿalu l-lahu biʿadhābikum in shakartum waāmantum wakāna l-lahu shākiran ʿalīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What would God do with chastising you if you are thankful, and believe? God is All-thankful, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Why would God cause you to suffer [for your past sins] if you are grateful and attain to belief - seeing that God is always responsive to gratitude, all-knowing?
- Sahih International
- What would Allāh do with [i.e., gain from] your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And ever is Allāh Appreciative and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّاmā | What | — |
| 2 | يَفْعَلُyafʿalu | would do | فعل |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | بِعَذَابِكُمْbiʿadhābikum | by punishing you | عذب |
| 5 | إِنin | if | — |
| 6 | شَكَرْتُمْshakartum | you are grateful | شكر |
| 7 | وَءَامَنتُمْ ۚwaāmantum | and you believe | أمن |
| 8 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 10 | شَاكِرًاshākiran | All-Appreciative | شكر |
| 11 | عَلِيمًۭاʿalīman | All-Knowing | علم |