Quran 86:4 — At-Taariq, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
there is a watcher over every soul.
إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Over every soul there is a watcher.
- Muhammad Asad
- [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.
- Sahih International
- There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | Not | — |
| 2 | كُلُّkullu | (is) every | كلل |
| 3 | نَفْسٍۢnafsin | soul | نفس |
| 4 | لَّمَّاlammā | but | — |
| 5 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | over it | — |
| 6 | حَافِظٌۭḥāfiẓun | (is) a protector | حفظ |