Quran 4:54 — An-Nisaa, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they envy [other] people for the bounty God has granted them? We gave the descendants of Abraham the Scripture and wisdom- and We gave them a great kingdom-
أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَىٰ مَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ۖ فَقَدْ آتَيْنَا آلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مُلْكًا عَظِيمًا
am yaḥsudūna l-nāsa ʿalā mā ātāhumu l-lahu min faḍlihi faqad ātaynā āla ib'rāhīma l-kitāba wal-ḥik'mata waātaynāhum mul'kan ʿaẓīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or are they jealous of the people for the bounty that God has given them? Yet We gave the people of Abraham the Book and the Wisdom, and We gave them a mighty kingdom.
- Muhammad Asad
- Do they, perchance, envy other people for what God has granted them out of His bounty? But then, We did grant revelation and wisdom unto the House of Abraham, and We did bestow on them a mighty dominion:
- Sahih International
- Or do they envy people for what Allāh has given them of His bounty? But We had already given the family of Abraham the Scripture and wisdom and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | يَحْسُدُونَyaḥsudūna | are they jealous | حسد |
| 3 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | (of) the people | نوس |
| 4 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 5 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 6 | ءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu | gave them | أتي |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 8 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 9 | فَضْلِهِۦ ۖfaḍlihi | His Bounty | فضل |
| 10 | فَقَدْfaqad | But surely | — |
| 11 | ءَاتَيْنَآātaynā | We gave | أتي |
| 12 | ءَالَāla | (the) family | أول |
| 13 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 14 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 15 | وَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mata | and [the] wisdom | حكم |
| 16 | وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمwaātaynāhum | and [We] gave them | أتي |
| 17 | مُّلْكًاmul'kan | a kingdom | ملك |
| 18 | عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīman | great | عظم |