Quran 4:2 — An-Nisaa, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Give orphans their property, do not replace [their] good things with bad, and do not consume their property with your own- a great sin.
وَآتُوا الْيَتَامَىٰ أَمْوَالَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا الْخَبِيثَ بِالطَّيِّبِ ۖ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَمْوَالِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حُوبًا كَبِيرًا
waātū l-yatāmā amwālahum walā tatabaddalū l-khabītha bil-ṭayibi walā takulū amwālahum ilā amwālikum innahu kāna ḥūban kabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Give the orphans their property, and do not exchange the corrupt for the good; and devour not their property with your property; surely that is a great crime.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, render unto the orphans their possessions, and do not substitute bad things [of your own] for the good things [that belong to them], and do not consume their possessions together with your own: this, verily, is a great crime.
- Sahih International
- And give to the orphans their properties and do not substitute the defective [of your own] for the good [of theirs]. And do not consume their properties into your own. Indeed, that is ever a great sin.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَءَاتُوا۟waātū | And give | أتي |
| 2 | ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰٓl-yatāmā | (to) the orphans | يتم |
| 3 | أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ ۖamwālahum | their wealth | مول |
| 4 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 5 | تَتَبَدَّلُوا۟tatabaddalū | exchange | بدل |
| 6 | ٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabītha | the bad | خبث |
| 7 | بِٱلطَّيِّبِ ۖbil-ṭayibi | with the good | طيب |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 9 | تَأْكُلُوٓا۟takulū | consume | أكل |
| 10 | أَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahum | their wealth | مول |
| 11 | إِلَىٰٓilā | with | — |
| 12 | أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ ۚamwālikum | your wealth | مول |
| 13 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, it | — |
| 14 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 15 | حُوبًۭاḥūban | a sin | حوب |
| 16 | كَبِيرًۭاkabīran | great | كبر |