Quran 4:64 — An-Nisaa, verse 64
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
All the messengers We sent were meant to be obeyed, by God’s leave. If only [the hypocrites] had come to you [Prophet] when they wronged themselves, and begged God’s forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found that God accepts repentance and is most merciful.
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَحِيمًا
wamā arsalnā min rasūlin illā liyuṭāʿa bi-idh'ni l-lahi walaw annahum idh ẓalamū anfusahum jāūka fa-is'taghfarū l-laha wa-is'taghfara lahumu l-rasūlu lawajadū l-laha tawwāban raḥīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We sent not ever any Messenger, but that he should he obeyed, by the leave of God. If; when they wronged themselves, they had come to thee, and prayed forgiveness of God, and the Messenger had prayed forgiveness for them, they would have found God turns, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- for We have never sent any apostle save that he should be heeded by God's leave. If, then, after having sinned against themselves, they would but come round to thee and ask God to forgive them - with the Apostle, too, praying that they be forgiven - they would assuredly find that God is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allāh. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muḥammad], and asked forgiveness of Allāh and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allāh Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 4 | رَّسُولٍrasūlin | Messenger | رسل |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 6 | لِيُطَاعَliyuṭāʿa | to be obeyed | طوع |
| 7 | بِإِذْنِbi-idh'ni | by (the) permission | أذن |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 9 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 10 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | [that] they | — |
| 11 | إِذidh | when | — |
| 12 | ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamū | they wronged | ظلم |
| 13 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 14 | جَآءُوكَjāūka | (had) come to you | جيأ |
| 15 | فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟fa-is'taghfarū | and asked forgiveness | غفر |
| 16 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (of) Allah | أله |
| 17 | وَٱسْتَغْفَرَwa-is'taghfara | and asked forgiveness | غفر |
| 18 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 19 | ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūlu | the Messenger | رسل |
| 20 | لَوَجَدُوا۟lawajadū | surely they would have found | وجد |
| 21 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 22 | تَوَّابًۭاtawwāban | Oft-Forgiving | توب |
| 23 | رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīman | Most Merciful | رحم |