Quran 4:5 — An-Nisaa, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not entrust your property to the feeble-minded. God has made it a means of support for you: make provision for them from it, clothe them, and address them kindly.
وَلَا تُؤْتُوا السُّفَهَاءَ أَمْوَالَكُمُ الَّتِي جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ قِيَامًا وَارْزُقُوهُمْ فِيهَا وَاكْسُوهُمْ وَقُولُوا لَهُمْ قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفًا
walā tu'tū l-sufahāa amwālakumu allatī jaʿala l-lahu lakum qiyāman wa-ur'zuqūhum fīhā wa-ik'sūhum waqūlū lahum qawlan maʿrūfan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But do not give to fools their property that God has assigned to you to manage; provide for them and clothe them out of it, and speak to them honourable words.
- Muhammad Asad
- And do not entrust to those who are weak of judgment the possessions which God has placed in your charge for [their] support; but let them have their sustenance therefrom, and clothe them, and speak unto them in a kindly way.
- Sahih International
- And do not give the weak-minded your property, which Allāh has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them with it and clothe them and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تُؤْتُوا۟tu'tū | give | أتي |
| 3 | ٱلسُّفَهَآءَl-sufahāa | the foolish | سفه |
| 4 | أَمْوَٰلَكُمُamwālakumu | your wealth | مول |
| 5 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 6 | جَعَلَjaʿala | (was) made | جعل |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 8 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 9 | قِيَـٰمًۭاqiyāman | a means of support | قوم |
| 10 | وَٱرْزُقُوهُمْwa-ur'zuqūhum | (but) provide (for) them | رزق |
| 11 | فِيهَاfīhā | with it | — |
| 12 | وَٱكْسُوهُمْwa-ik'sūhum | and clothe them | كسو |
| 13 | وَقُولُوا۟waqūlū | and speak | قول |
| 14 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 15 | قَوْلًۭاqawlan | words | قول |
| 16 | مَّعْرُوفًۭاmaʿrūfan | (of) kindness | عرف |