Quran 4:94 — An-Nisaa, verse 94
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So, you who believe, be careful when you go to fight in God’s way, and do not say to someone who offers you a greeting of peace, ‘You are not a believer,’ out of desire for the chance gains of this life- God has plenty of gains for you. You yourself were in the same position [once], but God was gracious to you, so be careful: God is fully aware of what you do.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَتَبَيَّنُوا وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَنْ أَلْقَىٰ إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًا تَبْتَغُونَ عَرَضَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فَعِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَغَانِمُ كَثِيرَةٌ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كُنْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَبَيَّنُوا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā ḍarabtum fī sabīli l-lahi fatabayyanū walā taqūlū liman alqā ilaykumu l-salāma lasta mu'minan tabtaghūna ʿaraḍa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā faʿinda l-lahi maghānimu kathīratun kadhālika kuntum min qablu famanna l-lahu ʿalaykum fatabayyanū inna l-laha kāna bimā taʿmalūna khabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, when you are journeying in the path of God, be discriminating, and do not say to him who offers you a greeting, 'Thou art not a believer,' seeking the chance goods of the present life. With God are spoils abundant. So you were aforetime; but God has been gracious to you. So be discriminating; surely God is aware of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Hence,] O you who have attained to faith, when you go forth [to war] in God's cause, use your discernment, and do not - out of a desire for the fleeting gains of this worldly life - say unto anyone who offers you the greeting of peace, "Thou art not a believer" for with God there are gains abundant. You, too, were once in the same condition - but God has been gracious unto you. Use, therefore, your discernment: verily, God is always aware of what you do.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, when you go forth [to fight] in the cause of Allāh, investigate; and do not say to one who gives you [a greeting of] peace, "You are not a believer," aspiring for the goods of worldly life; for with Allāh are many acquisitions. You [yourselves] were like that before; then Allāh conferred His favor [i.e., guidance] upon you, so investigate. Indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 4 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 5 | ضَرَبْتُمْḍarabtum | you go forth | ضرب |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 9 | فَتَبَيَّنُوا۟fatabayyanū | then investigate | بين |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 11 | تَقُولُوا۟taqūlū | say | قول |
| 12 | لِمَنْliman | to (the one) who | — |
| 13 | أَلْقَىٰٓalqā | offers | لقي |
| 14 | إِلَيْكُمُilaykumu | to you | — |
| 15 | ٱلسَّلَـٰمَl-salāma | (a greeting of) peace | سلم |
| 16 | لَسْتَlasta | You are not | ليس |
| 17 | مُؤْمِنًۭاmu'minan | a believer | أمن |
| 18 | تَبْتَغُونَtabtaghūna | seeking | بغي |
| 19 | عَرَضَʿaraḍa | transitory gains | عرض |
| 20 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of) the life | حيي |
| 21 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 22 | فَعِندَfaʿinda | for with | عند |
| 23 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 24 | مَغَانِمُmaghānimu | (are) booties | غنم |
| 25 | كَثِيرَةٌۭ ۚkathīratun | abundant | كثر |
| 26 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Like that | — |
| 27 | كُنتُمkuntum | you were | كون |
| 28 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 29 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 30 | فَمَنَّfamanna | then conferred favor | منن |
| 31 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 32 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 33 | فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ ۚfatabayyanū | so investigate | بين |
| 34 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 35 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 36 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 37 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 38 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 39 | خَبِيرًۭاkhabīran | All-Aware | خبر |