Quran 4:44 — An-Nisaa, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], have you not considered how those who were given a share of the Scripture purchase misguidance and want you [believers], too, to lose the right path?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيبًا مِنَ الْكِتَابِ يَشْتَرُونَ الضَّلَالَةَ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَضِلُّوا السَّبِيلَ
alam tara ilā alladhīna ūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yashtarūna l-ḍalālata wayurīdūna an taḍillū l-sabīla
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not regarded those who were given a share of the Book purchasing error, and desiring that you should also err from the way?
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, now barter it away for error, and want you [too] to lose your way?
- Sahih International
- Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, purchasing error [in exchange for it] and wishing you would lose the way?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Did not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | [towards] | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | were given | أتي |
| 6 | نَصِيبًۭاnaṣīban | a portion | نصب |
| 7 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 8 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | the Book | كتب |
| 9 | يَشْتَرُونَyashtarūna | purchasing | شري |
| 10 | ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata | [the] error | ضلل |
| 11 | وَيُرِيدُونَwayurīdūna | and wishing | رود |
| 12 | أَنan | that | — |
| 13 | تَضِلُّوا۟taḍillū | you stray | ضلل |
| 14 | ٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīla | (from) the way | سبل |