Quran 4:98 — An-Nisaa, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but not so the truly helpless men, women, and children who have no means in their power nor any way to leave-
إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا
illā l-mus'taḍʿafīna mina l-rijāli wal-nisāi wal-wil'dāni lā yastaṭīʿūna ḥīlatan walā yahtadūna sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- except the men, women, and children who, being abased, can devise nothing and are not guided to a way;
- Muhammad Asad
- But excepted shall be the truly helpless - be they men or women or children - who cannot bring forth any strength and have not been shown the right way:
- Sahih International
- Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 2 | ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَl-mus'taḍʿafīna | the oppressed | ضعف |
| 3 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 4 | ٱلرِّجَالِl-rijāli | the men | رجل |
| 5 | وَٱلنِّسَآءِwal-nisāi | and the women | نسو |
| 6 | وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِwal-wil'dāni | and the children | ولد |
| 7 | لَاlā | (who) not | — |
| 8 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | are able to | طوع |
| 9 | حِيلَةًۭḥīlatan | plan | حول |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna | they are directed | هدي |
| 12 | سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan | (to) a way | سبل |