Quran 4:37 — An-Nisaa, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
who are miserly and order other people to be the same, hiding the bounty God has given them. We have prepared a humiliating torment for such ungrateful people.
الَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبُخْلِ وَيَكْتُمُونَ مَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۗ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُهِينًا
alladhīna yabkhalūna wayamurūna l-nāsa bil-bukh'li wayaktumūna mā ātāhumu l-lahu min faḍlihi wa-aʿtadnā lil'kāfirīna ʿadhāban muhīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- such as are niggardly, and bid other men to be niggardly, and themselves conceal the bounty that God has given them. We have prepared for the unbelievers a humbling chastisement,
- Muhammad Asad
- [nor] those who are niggardly, and bid others to be niggardly, and conceal whatever God has bestowed upon them out of His bounty; and so We have readied shameful suffering for all who thus deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- Who are stingy and enjoin upon [other] people stinginess and conceal what Allāh has given them of His bounty - and We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يَبْخَلُونَyabkhalūna | are stingy | بخل |
| 3 | وَيَأْمُرُونَwayamurūna | and order | أمر |
| 4 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the people | نوس |
| 5 | بِٱلْبُخْلِbil-bukh'li | [of] stinginess | بخل |
| 6 | وَيَكْتُمُونَwayaktumūna | and hide | كتم |
| 7 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 8 | ءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu | (has) given them | أتي |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 10 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 11 | فَضْلِهِۦ ۗfaḍlihi | His Bounty | فضل |
| 12 | وَأَعْتَدْنَاwa-aʿtadnā | and We (have) prepared | عتد |
| 13 | لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 14 | عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban | a punishment | عذب |
| 15 | مُّهِينًۭاmuhīnan | humiliating | هون |