Quran 4:85 — An-Nisaa, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whoever speaks for a good cause will share in its benefits and whoever speaks for a bad cause will share in its burden: God controls everything.
مَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُنْ لَهُ نَصِيبٌ مِنْهَا ۖ وَمَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُنْ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنْهَا ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقِيتًا
man yashfaʿ shafāʿatan ḥasanatan yakun lahu naṣībun min'hā waman yashfaʿ shafāʿatan sayyi-atan yakun lahu kif'lun min'hā wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin muqītan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whoso intercedes with a good intercession shall receive a share of it; whosoever intercedes with a bad intercession, he shall receive the like of it; God has power over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- Whoever rallies to a good cause shall have a share in its blessings; and whoever rallies to an evil cause shall be answerable for his part in it: for, indeed, God watches over everything.
- Sahih International
- Whoever intercedes for a good cause will have a share [i.e., reward] therefrom; and whoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a portion [i.e., burden] therefrom. And ever is Allāh, over all things, a Keeper.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّنman | Whoever | — |
| 2 | يَشْفَعْyashfaʿ | intercedes | شفع |
| 3 | شَفَـٰعَةًshafāʿatan | an intercession | شفع |
| 4 | حَسَنَةًۭḥasanatan | good | حسن |
| 5 | يَكُنyakun | will have | كون |
| 6 | لَّهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 7 | نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībun | a share | نصب |
| 8 | مِّنْهَا ۖmin'hā | of it | — |
| 9 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 10 | يَشْفَعْyashfaʿ | intercedes | شفع |
| 11 | شَفَـٰعَةًۭshafāʿatan | an intercession | شفع |
| 12 | سَيِّئَةًۭsayyi-atan | evil | سوأ |
| 13 | يَكُنyakun | will have | كون |
| 14 | لَّهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 15 | كِفْلٌۭkif'lun | a portion | كفل |
| 16 | مِّنْهَا ۗmin'hā | of it | — |
| 17 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 18 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 19 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 20 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 21 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 22 | مُّقِيتًۭاmuqītan | a Keeper | قوت |