Quran 4:165 — An-Nisaa, verse 165
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They were messengers bearing good news and warning, so that mankind would have no excuse before God, once the messengers had been sent: God is almighty and all wise.
رُسُلًا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى اللَّهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا
rusulan mubashirīna wamundhirīna li-allā yakūna lilnnāsi ʿalā l-lahi ḥujjatun baʿda l-rusuli wakāna l-lahu ʿazīzan ḥakīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Messengers bearing good tidings, and warning, so that mankind might have no argument against God, after the Messengers; God is All-mighty, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- [We sent all these] apostles as heralds of glad tidings and as warners, so that men might have no excuse before God after [the coming of] these apostles: and God is indeed almighty, wise.
- Sahih International
- [We sent] messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against Allāh after the messengers. And ever is Allāh Exalted in Might and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | رُّسُلًۭاrusulan | Messengers | رسل |
| 2 | مُّبَشِّرِينَmubashirīna | bearers of glad tidings | بشر |
| 3 | وَمُنذِرِينَwamundhirīna | and warners | نذر |
| 4 | لِئَلَّاli-allā | so that not | — |
| 5 | يَكُونَyakūna | there is | كون |
| 6 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for mankind | نوس |
| 7 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 9 | حُجَّةٌۢḥujjatun | any argument | حجج |
| 10 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 11 | ٱلرُّسُلِ ۚl-rusuli | the Messengers | رسل |
| 12 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 14 | عَزِيزًاʿazīzan | All-Mighty | عزز |
| 15 | حَكِيمًۭاḥakīman | All-Wise | حكم |