Quran 4:148 — An-Nisaa, verse 148
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God does not like bad words to be made public unless someone has been wronged: He is all hearing and all knowing.
لَا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ الْجَهْرَ بِالسُّوءِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ إِلَّا مَنْ ظُلِمَ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا
lā yuḥibbu l-lahu l-jahra bil-sūi mina l-qawli illā man ẓulima wakāna l-lahu samīʿan ʿalīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God likes not the shouting of evil words unless a man has been wronged; God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- God does not like any evil to be mentioned openly, unless it be by him who has been wronged (thereby) And God is indeed all-hearing, all-knowing,
- Sahih International
- Allāh does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allāh Hearing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ لَّاlā | (Does) not | — |
| 2 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | love | حبب |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | ٱلْجَهْرَl-jahra | the public mention | جهر |
| 5 | بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūi | of [the] evil | سوأ |
| 6 | مِنَmina | [of] | — |
| 7 | ٱلْقَوْلِl-qawli | [the] words | قول |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | مَنman | (by the one) who | — |
| 10 | ظُلِمَ ۚẓulima | has been wronged | ظلم |
| 11 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 12 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 13 | سَمِيعًاsamīʿan | All-Hearing | سمع |
| 14 | عَلِيمًاʿalīman | All-Knowing | علم |