Quran 4:48 — An-Nisaa, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God does not forgive the joining of partners with Him: anything less than that He forgives to whoever He will, but anyone who joins partners with God has concocted a tremendous sin.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرَىٰ إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا
inna l-laha lā yaghfiru an yush'raka bihi wayaghfiru mā dūna dhālika liman yashāu waman yush'rik bil-lahi faqadi if'tarā ith'man ʿaẓīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God forgives not that aught should be with Him associated; less than that He forgives to whomsoever He will. Whoso associates with God anything, has indeed forged a mighty sin.
- Muhammad Asad
- VERILY, God does not forgive the ascribing of divinity to aught beside Him, although He forgives any lesser sin unto whomever He wills: for he who ascribes divinity to aught beside God has indeed contrived an awesome sin.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, Allāh does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allāh has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 3 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 4 | يَغْفِرُyaghfiru | forgive | غفر |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | يُشْرَكَyush'raka | partners be associated | شرك |
| 7 | بِهِۦbihi | with Him | — |
| 8 | وَيَغْفِرُwayaghfiru | but He forgives | غفر |
| 9 | مَاmā | from | — |
| 10 | دُونَdūna | other than | دون |
| 11 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 12 | لِمَنliman | for whom | — |
| 13 | يَشَآءُ ۚyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 14 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 15 | يُشْرِكْyush'rik | associates partners | شرك |
| 16 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | with Allah | أله |
| 17 | فَقَدِfaqadi | then surely | — |
| 18 | ٱفْتَرَىٰٓif'tarā | he has fabricated | فري |
| 19 | إِثْمًاith'man | a sin | أثم |
| 20 | عَظِيمًاʿaẓīman | tremendous | عظم |