Quran 4:91 — An-Nisaa, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You will find others who wish to be safe from you, and from their own people, but whenever they are back in a situation where they are tempted [to fight you], they succumb to it. So if they neither withdraw, nor offer you peace, nor restrain themselves from fighting you, seize and kill them wherever you encounter them: We give you clear authority against such people.
سَتَجِدُونَ آخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوا قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّ مَا رُدُّوا إِلَى الْفِتْنَةِ أُرْكِسُوا فِيهَا ۚ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُوا إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ ۚ وَأُولَـٰئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانًا مُبِينًا
satajidūna ākharīna yurīdūna an yamanūkum wayamanū qawmahum kulla mā ruddū ilā l-fit'nati ur'kisū fīhā fa-in lam yaʿtazilūkum wayul'qū ilaykumu l-salama wayakuffū aydiyahum fakhudhūhum wa-uq'tulūhum ḥaythu thaqif'tumūhum wa-ulāikum jaʿalnā lakum ʿalayhim sul'ṭānan mubīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You will find others desiring to be secure from you, and secure from their people, yet whenever they are returned to temptation, they are overthrown in it. If they withdraw not from you, and offer you peace, and restrain their hands, take them, and slay them wherever you come on them; against them We have given you a clear authority.
- Muhammad Asad
- You will find [that there are] others who would like to be safe from you as well as safe from their own folk, [but who,] whenever they are faced anew with temptation to evil, plunge into it headlong. Hence, if they do not let you be, and do not offer you peace, and do not stay their hands, seize them and slay them whenever you come upon them: for it is against these that We have clearly empowered you [to make war].
- Sahih International
- You will find others who wish to obtain security from you and [to] obtain security from their people. Every time they are returned to [the influence of] disbelief, they fall back into it. So if they do not withdraw from you or offer you peace or restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you overtake them. And those - We have made for you against them a clear authorization.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | سَتَجِدُونَsatajidūna | You will find | وجد |
| 2 | ءَاخَرِينَākharīna | others | أخر |
| 3 | يُرِيدُونَyurīdūna | wishing | رود |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يَأْمَنُوكُمْyamanūkum | they be secure from you | أمن |
| 6 | وَيَأْمَنُوا۟wayamanū | and they be secure from | أمن |
| 7 | قَوْمَهُمْqawmahum | their people | قوم |
| 8 | كُلَّkulla | Everytime | كلل |
| 9 | مَاmā | that | — |
| 10 | رُدُّوٓا۟ruddū | they are returned | ردد |
| 11 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 12 | ٱلْفِتْنَةِl-fit'nati | the temptation | فتن |
| 13 | أُرْكِسُوا۟ur'kisū | they are plunged | ركس |
| 14 | فِيهَا ۚfīhā | into it | — |
| 15 | فَإِنfa-in | So if | — |
| 16 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 17 | يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْyaʿtazilūkum | they withdraw from you | عزل |
| 18 | وَيُلْقُوٓا۟wayul'qū | and offer | لقي |
| 19 | إِلَيْكُمُilaykumu | to you | — |
| 20 | ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama | [the] peace | سلم |
| 21 | وَيَكُفُّوٓا۟wayakuffū | and they restrain | كفف |
| 22 | أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahum | their hands | يدي |
| 23 | فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhum | then seize them | أخذ |
| 24 | وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhum | and kill them | قتل |
| 25 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 26 | ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ ۚthaqif'tumūhum | you find them | ثقف |
| 27 | وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْwa-ulāikum | And those | — |
| 28 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We made | جعل |
| 29 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 30 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | against them | — |
| 31 | سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānan | an authority | سلط |
| 32 | مُّبِينًۭاmubīnan | clear | بين |