Quran 4:62 — An-Nisaa, verse 62
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If disaster strikes them because of what they themselves have done, then they will come to you, swearing by God, ‘We only wanted to do good and achieve harmony.’
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَاءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا إِحْسَانًا وَتَوْفِيقًا
fakayfa idhā aṣābathum muṣībatun bimā qaddamat aydīhim thumma jāūka yaḥlifūna bil-lahi in aradnā illā iḥ'sānan watawfīqan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How shall it be, when they are visited by an affliction for what their own hands have forwarded, then they come to thee swearing by God, 'We sought only kindness and conciliation'?
- Muhammad Asad
- But how [will they fare] when calamity befalls them [on the Day of Judgment] because of what they have wrought in this world - whereupon they will come to thee, swearing by God, "Our aim was but to do good, and to bring about harmony"?
- Sahih International
- So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth and then they come to you swearing by Allāh, "We intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | So how | كيف |
| 2 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 3 | أَصَـٰبَتْهُمaṣābathum | befalls them | صوب |
| 4 | مُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatun | disaster | صوب |
| 5 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 6 | قَدَّمَتْqaddamat | sent forth | قدم |
| 7 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | their hands | يدي |
| 8 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 9 | جَآءُوكَjāūka | they come to you | جيأ |
| 10 | يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūna | swearing | حلف |
| 11 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | by Allah | أله |
| 12 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 13 | أَرَدْنَآaradnā | we intended | رود |
| 14 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 15 | إِحْسَـٰنًۭاiḥ'sānan | good | حسن |
| 16 | وَتَوْفِيقًاwatawfīqan | and reconciliation | وفق |