Quran 4:41 — An-Nisaa, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What will they do when We bring a witness from each community, with you [Muhammad] as a witness against these people?
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَىٰ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا
fakayfa idhā ji'nā min kulli ummatin bishahīdin waji'nā bika ʿalā hāulāi shahīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How then shall it be, when We bring forward from every nation a witness, and bring thee to witness against those?
- Muhammad Asad
- How, then, [will the sinners fare on Judgment Day,] when We shall bring forward witnesses from within every community, and bring thee [O Prophet] as witness against them?
- Sahih International
- So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you, [O Muḥammad], against these [people] as a witness?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | So how (will it be) | كيف |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | جِئْنَاji'nā | We bring | جيأ |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 6 | أُمَّةٍۭummatin | nation | أمم |
| 7 | بِشَهِيدٍۢbishahīdin | a witness | شهد |
| 8 | وَجِئْنَاwaji'nā | and We bring | جيأ |
| 9 | بِكَbika | you | — |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | against | — |
| 11 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | these (people) | — |
| 12 | شَهِيدًۭاshahīdan | (as) a witness | شهد |