Quran 4:167 — An-Nisaa, verse 167
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who have disbelieved and barred others from God’s path have gone far astray;
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا
inna alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi qad ḍallū ḍalālan baʿīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely those who disbelieve, and bar from the way of God, have gone astray into far error.
- Muhammad Asad
- Behold, those who are bent on denying the truth and on turning others away from the path of God have indeed gone far astray.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allāh have certainly gone far astray.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | وَصَدُّوا۟waṣaddū | and hinder | صدد |
| 5 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 6 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | قَدْqad | surely | — |
| 9 | ضَلُّوا۟ḍallū | they have strayed | ضلل |
| 10 | ضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālan | straying | ضلل |
| 11 | بَعِيدًاbaʿīdan | far away | بعد |