Quran 4:75 — An-Nisaa, verse 75
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Why should you not fight in God’s cause and for those oppressed men, women, and children who cry out, ‘Lord, rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors! By Your grace, give us a protector and give us a helper!’?
وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَـٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ نَصِيرًا
wamā lakum lā tuqātilūna fī sabīli l-lahi wal-mus'taḍʿafīna mina l-rijāli wal-nisāi wal-wil'dāni alladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā akhrij'nā min hādhihi l-qaryati l-ẓālimi ahluhā wa-ij'ʿal lanā min ladunka waliyyan wa-ij'ʿal lanā min ladunka naṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How is it with you, that you do not fight in the way of God, and for the men, women, and children who, being abased, say, 'Our Lord, bring us forth from this city whose people are evildoers, and appoint t us a protector from Thee, and appoint to us from Thee a helper'?
- Muhammad Asad
- And how could you refuse to fight in the cause of God and of the utterly helpless men and women and children who are crying, "O our Sustainer! Lead us forth [to freedom] out of this land whose people are oppressors, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, a protector, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, one who will bring us succour!"
- Sahih International
- And what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allāh and [for] the oppressed among men, women and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper"?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And what | — |
| 2 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 3 | لَاlā | (that) not | — |
| 4 | تُقَـٰتِلُونَtuqātilūna | you fight | قتل |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَwal-mus'taḍʿafīna | and (for) those who are weak | ضعف |
| 9 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 10 | ٱلرِّجَالِl-rijāli | the men | رجل |
| 11 | وَٱلنِّسَآءِwal-nisāi | and the women | نسو |
| 12 | وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِwal-wil'dāni | and the children | ولد |
| 13 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 14 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | say | قول |
| 15 | رَبَّنَآrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 16 | أَخْرِجْنَاakhrij'nā | take us out | خرج |
| 17 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 18 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | this | — |
| 19 | ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati | [the] town | قري |
| 20 | ٱلظَّالِمِl-ẓālimi | [the] oppressor(s) | ظلم |
| 21 | أَهْلُهَاahluhā | (are) its people | أهل |
| 22 | وَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿal | and appoint | جعل |
| 23 | لَّنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 24 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 25 | لَّدُنكَladunka | Yourself | لدن |
| 26 | وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan | a protector | ولي |
| 27 | وَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿal | and appoint | جعل |
| 28 | لَّنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 29 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 30 | لَّدُنكَladunka | Yourself | لدن |
| 31 | نَصِيرًاnaṣīran | a helper | نصر |