Quran 4:32 — An-Nisaa, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not covet what God has given to some of you more than others- men have the portion they have earned; and women the portion they have earned- you should rather ask God for some of His bounty: He has full knowledge of everything.
وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ لِلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبُوا ۖ وَلِلنِّسَاءِ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبْنَ ۚ وَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا
walā tatamannaw mā faḍḍala l-lahu bihi baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin lilrrijāli naṣībun mimmā ik'tasabū walilnnisāi naṣībun mimmā ik'tasabna wasalū l-laha min faḍlihi inna l-laha kāna bikulli shayin ʿalīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do not covet that whereby God in bounty has preferred one of you above another. To the men a share from what they have earned, and to the women a share from what they have earned. And ask God of His bounty; God knows everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, do not covet the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly on some of you than on others. Men shall have a benefit from what they earn, and women shall have a benefit from what they earn. Ask, therefore, God [to give you] out of His bounty: behold, God has indeed full knowledge of everything.
- Sahih International
- And do not wish for that by which Allāh has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allāh of His bounty. Indeed Allāh is ever, of all things, Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَتَمَنَّوْا۟tatamannaw | covet | مني |
| 3 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 4 | فَضَّلَfaḍḍala | (has) bestowed | فضل |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | [with it] | — |
| 7 | بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakum | some of you | بعض |
| 8 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 9 | بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 10 | لِّلرِّجَالِlilrrijāli | For men | رجل |
| 11 | نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībun | (is) a share | نصب |
| 12 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 13 | ٱكْتَسَبُوا۟ ۖik'tasabū | they earned | كسب |
| 14 | وَلِلنِّسَآءِwalilnnisāi | and for women | نسو |
| 15 | نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībun | (is) a share | نصب |
| 16 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 17 | ٱكْتَسَبْنَ ۚik'tasabna | they earned | كسب |
| 18 | وَسْـَٔلُوا۟wasalū | And ask | سأل |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 21 | فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۗfaḍlihi | His bounty | فضل |
| 22 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 23 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 24 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 25 | بِكُلِّbikulli | of every | كلل |
| 26 | شَىْءٍshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 27 | عَلِيمًۭاʿalīman | All-Knower | علم |