Quran 4:39 — An-Nisaa, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What harm would it do them to believe in God and the Last Day, and give charitably from the sustenance God has given them? God knows them well.
وَمَاذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَأَنْفَقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِهِمْ عَلِيمًا
wamādhā ʿalayhim law āmanū bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wa-anfaqū mimmā razaqahumu l-lahu wakāna l-lahu bihim ʿalīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Why, what would it harm them, if they believed in God and the Last Day, and expended of that God has provided them? God knows them.
- Muhammad Asad
- And what would they have to fear if they would but believe in God and the Last Day, and spend [in His way] out of what God has granted them as sustenance - since God has indeed full knowledge of them?
- Sahih International
- And what [harm would come] upon them if they believed in Allāh and the Last Day and spent out of what Allāh provided for them? And Allāh is ever, about them, Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاذَاwamādhā | And what | — |
| 2 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | (is) against them | — |
| 3 | لَوْlaw | if | — |
| 4 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | they believed | أمن |
| 5 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmi | and the Day | يوم |
| 7 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhiri | the Last | أخر |
| 8 | وَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqū | and spent | نفق |
| 9 | مِمَّاmimmā | from what | — |
| 10 | رَزَقَهُمُrazaqahumu | (has) provided them | رزق |
| 11 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 14 | بِهِمْbihim | about them | — |
| 15 | عَلِيمًاʿalīman | All-Knower | علم |