Quran 4:150 — An-Nisaa, verse 150
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
As for those who ignore God and His messengers and want to make a distinction between them, saying, ‘We believe in some but not in others,’ seeking a middle way,
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيَقُولُونَ نُؤْمِنُ بِبَعْضٍ وَنَكْفُرُ بِبَعْضٍ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا
inna alladhīna yakfurūna bil-lahi warusulihi wayurīdūna an yufarriqū bayna l-lahi warusulihi wayaqūlūna nu'minu bibaʿḍin wanakfuru bibaʿḍin wayurīdūna an yattakhidhū bayna dhālika sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who disbelieve in God and His Messengers and desire to make division between God and His Messengers, and say, 'We believe in part, and disbelieve in part,' desiring to take between this and that a way --
- Muhammad Asad
- VERILY, those who deny God and His apostles by endeavouring to make a distinction between [belief in] God and [belief in] His apostles, and who say, "We believe in the one but we deny the other," and want to pursue a path in-between -
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who disbelieve in Allāh and His messengers and wish to discriminate between Allāh and His messengers and say, "We believe in some and disbelieve in others," and wish to adopt a way in between -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 5 | وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihi | and His Messengers | رسل |
| 6 | وَيُرِيدُونَwayurīdūna | and they wish | رود |
| 7 | أَنan | that | — |
| 8 | يُفَرِّقُوا۟yufarriqū | they differentiate | فرق |
| 9 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihi | and His Messengers | رسل |
| 12 | وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūna | and they say | قول |
| 13 | نُؤْمِنُnu'minu | We believe | أمن |
| 14 | بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍin | in some | بعض |
| 15 | وَنَكْفُرُwanakfuru | and we disbelieve | كفر |
| 16 | بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍin | in others | بعض |
| 17 | وَيُرِيدُونَwayurīdūna | And they wish | رود |
| 18 | أَنan | that | — |
| 19 | يَتَّخِذُوا۟yattakhidhū | they take | أخذ |
| 20 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 21 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 22 | سَبِيلًاsabīlan | a way | سبل |