Quran 4:28 — An-Nisaa, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God wishes to lighten your burden; man was created weak.
يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْكُمْ ۚ وَخُلِقَ الْإِنْسَانُ ضَعِيفًا
yurīdu l-lahu an yukhaffifa ʿankum wakhuliqa l-insānu ḍaʿīfan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God desires to lighten things for you, for man was created a weakling.
- Muhammad Asad
- God wants to lighten your burdens: for man has been created weak.
- Sahih International
- And Allāh wants to lighten for you [your difficulties]; and mankind was created weak.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | Wishes | رود |
| 2 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 3 | أَنan | to | — |
| 4 | يُخَفِّفَyukhaffifa | lighten | خفف |
| 5 | عَنكُمْ ۚʿankum | for you | — |
| 6 | وَخُلِقَwakhuliqa | and was created | خلق |
| 7 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | the mankind | أنس |
| 8 | ضَعِيفًۭاḍaʿīfan | weak | ضعف |