Quran 4:38 — An-Nisaa, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Nor does He like those] who spend their wealth to show off, who do not believe in Him or the Last Day. Whoever has Satan as his companion has an evil companion!
وَالَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۗ وَمَنْ يَكُنِ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ قَرِينًا فَسَاءَ قَرِينًا
wa-alladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum riāa l-nāsi walā yu'minūna bil-lahi walā bil-yawmi l-ākhiri waman yakuni l-shayṭānu lahu qarīnan fasāa qarīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and such as expend of their substance to show off to men, and believe not in God and the Last Day. Whosoever has Satan for a comrade, an evil comrade is he.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [God does not love] those who spend their possessions on others [only] to be seen and praised by men, the while they believe neither in God nor in the Last Day; and he who has Satan for a soul-mate, how evil a soul-mate has he!
- Sahih International
- And [also] those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in Allāh nor in the Last Day. And he to whom Satan is a companion - then evil is he as a companion.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna | spend | نفق |
| 3 | أَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahum | their wealth | مول |
| 4 | رِئَآءَriāa | to be seen | رأي |
| 5 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (by) the people | نوس |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 7 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | they believe | أمن |
| 8 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | بِٱلْيَوْمِbil-yawmi | in the Day | يوم |
| 11 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۗl-ākhiri | the Last | أخر |
| 12 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 13 | يَكُنِyakuni | has | كون |
| 14 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 15 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 16 | قَرِينًۭاqarīnan | (as) companion | قرن |
| 17 | فَسَآءَfasāa | then evil | سوأ |
| 18 | قَرِينًۭاqarīnan | (is he as) a companion | قرن |