Quran 4:53 — An-Nisaa, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they have any share of what He possesses? If they did they would not give away so much as the groove of a date stone.
أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ فَإِذًا لَا يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِيرًا
am lahum naṣībun mina l-mul'ki fa-idhan lā yu'tūna l-nāsa naqīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or have they a share in the Kingdom? If that is so, they do not give the people a single date-spot.
- Muhammad Asad
- Have they, perchance, a share in [God's] dominion? But [if they had], lo, they would not give to other people as much as [would fill] the groove of a date-stone!
- Sahih International
- Or have they a share of dominion? Then [if that were so], they would not give the people [even as much as] the speck on a date seed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 3 | نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībun | (is) a share | نصب |
| 4 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'ki | the Kingdom | ملك |
| 6 | فَإِذًۭاfa-idhan | Then | — |
| 7 | لَّاlā | not would | — |
| 8 | يُؤْتُونَyu'tūna | they give | أتي |
| 9 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the people | نوس |
| 10 | نَقِيرًاnaqīran | (even as much as the) speck on a date seed | نقر |