Quran 4:95 — An-Nisaa, verse 95
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those believers who stay at home, apart from those with an incapacity, are not equal to those who commit themselves and their possessions to striving in God’s way. God has raised such people to a rank above those who stay at home- although He has promised all believers a good reward, those who strive are favoured with a tremendous reward above those who stay at home-
لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ ۚ فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ دَرَجَةً ۚ وَكُلًّا وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَفَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
lā yastawī l-qāʿidūna mina l-mu'minīna ghayru ulī l-ḍarari wal-mujāhidūna fī sabīli l-lahi bi-amwālihim wa-anfusihim faḍḍala l-lahu l-mujāhidīna bi-amwālihim wa-anfusihim ʿalā l-qāʿidīna darajatan wakullan waʿada l-lahu l-ḥus'nā wafaḍḍala l-lahu l-mujāhidīna ʿalā l-qāʿidīna ajran ʿaẓīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Such believers as sit at home -- unless they have an injury -- are not the equals of those who struggle in the path of God with their possessions and their selves. God has preferred in rank those who struggle with their possessions and their selves over the ones who sit at home; yet to each God has promised the reward most fair; and God has preferred those who struggle over the ones who sit at home for the bounty of a mighty wage,
- Muhammad Asad
- SUCH of the believers as remain passive - other than the disabled - cannot be deemed equal to those who strive hard in God's cause with their possessions and their lives: God has exalted those who strive hard with their possessions and their lives far above those who remain passive. Although God has promised the ultimate good unto all [believers], yet has God exalted those who strive hard above those who remain passive by [promising them] a mighty reward -
- Sahih International
- Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujāhideen, [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allāh with their wealth and their lives. Allāh has preferred the mujāhideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind], by degrees. And to all [i.e., both] Allāh has promised the best [reward]. But Allāh has preferred the mujāhideen over those who remain [behind] with a great reward -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّاlā | Not | — |
| 2 | يَسْتَوِىyastawī | (are) equal | سوي |
| 3 | ٱلْقَـٰعِدُونَl-qāʿidūna | the ones who sit | قعد |
| 4 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 6 | غَيْرُghayru | other than | غير |
| 7 | أُو۟لِىulī | the ones (who are) | أول |
| 8 | ٱلضَّرَرِl-ḍarari | [the] disabled | ضرر |
| 9 | وَٱلْمُجَـٰهِدُونَwal-mujāhidūna | and the ones who strive | جهد |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 13 | بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihim | with their wealth | مول |
| 14 | وَأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚwa-anfusihim | and their lives | نفس |
| 15 | فَضَّلَfaḍḍala | Preferred | فضل |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (has) Allah | أله |
| 17 | ٱلْمُجَـٰهِدِينَl-mujāhidīna | the ones who strive | جهد |
| 18 | بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihim | with their wealth | مول |
| 19 | وَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihim | and their lives | نفس |
| 20 | عَلَىʿalā | to | — |
| 21 | ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīna | the ones who sit | قعد |
| 22 | دَرَجَةًۭ ۚdarajatan | (in) rank | درج |
| 23 | وَكُلًّۭاwakullan | And (to) all | كلل |
| 24 | وَعَدَwaʿada | promised | وعد |
| 25 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (has) Allah | أله |
| 26 | ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚl-ḥus'nā | the best | حسن |
| 27 | وَفَضَّلَwafaḍḍala | preferred | فضل |
| 28 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (has) Allah | أله |
| 29 | ٱلْمُجَـٰهِدِينَl-mujāhidīna | the ones who strive | جهد |
| 30 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 31 | ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَl-qāʿidīna | the ones who sit | قعد |
| 32 | أَجْرًاajran | (with) a reward | أجر |
| 33 | عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīman | great | عظم |