Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nisa Verse 146
An-Nisa [4]: 146 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ تَابُوْا وَاَصْلَحُوْا وَاعْتَصَمُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَاَخْلَصُوْا دِيْنَهُمْ لِلّٰهِ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَۗ وَسَوْفَ يُؤْتِ اللّٰهُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ اَجْرًا عَظِيْمًا (النساء : ٤)
- illā
- إِلَّا
- Except
- alladhīna
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- those who
- tābū
- تَابُوا۟
- repent
- wa-aṣlaḥū
- وَأَصْلَحُوا۟
- and correct (themselves)
- wa-iʿ'taṣamū
- وَٱعْتَصَمُوا۟
- and hold fast
- bil-lahi
- بِٱللَّهِ
- to Allah
- wa-akhlaṣū
- وَأَخْلَصُوا۟
- and are sincere
- dīnahum
- دِينَهُمْ
- (in) their religion
- lillahi
- لِلَّهِ
- for Allah
- fa-ulāika
- فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
- then those (will be)
- maʿa
- مَعَ
- with
- l-mu'minīna
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَۖ
- the believers
- wasawfa
- وَسَوْفَ
- And soon
- yu'ti
- يُؤْتِ
- will be given
- l-lahu
- ٱللَّهُ
- (by) Allah
- l-mu'minīna
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
- the believers
- ajran
- أَجْرًا
- a reward
- ʿaẓīman
- عَظِيمًا
- great
Transliteration:
Illal lazeena taaboo wa aslahoo wa'tasamoo billaahi wa akhlasoo deenahum lillaahi faulaaa'ika ma'al mu'mineena wa sawfa yu'til laahul mu'mineena ajran 'azeemaa(QS. an-Nisāʾ:146)
English / Sahih Translation:
Except for those who repent, correct themselves, hold fast to Allah, and are sincere in their religion for Allah, for those will be with the believers. And Allah is going to give the believers a great reward. (QS. An-Nisa, ayah 146)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
- except those who repent and correct themselves and hold on to Allah and make their Faith pure for Allah. So, those are with the believers, and Allah will give the believers a great reward.
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
except those who repent, mend their ways, hold fast to Allah, and are sincere in their devotion to Allah; they will be with the believers. And Allah will grant the believers a great reward.
Ruwwad Translation Center
except those who repent and mend their ways, hold fast to Allah and devote their religion sincerely to Allah; it is they who will be with the believers, and Allah will give the believers a great reward.
A. J. Arberry
save such as repent, and make amends, and hold fast to God, and make their religion sincerely God's; those are with the believers, and God will certainly give the believers a mighty wage.
Abdul Haleem
Not so those who repent, mend their ways, hold fast to God, and devote their religion entirely to Him: these will be joined with the believers, and God will give the believers a mighty reward.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Except those who shall yet repent and amend and hold fast by repent Allah and make their religion exclusive for Allah. These then shall be with the believers, and presently Allah shall give the believers a mighty hire.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to Allah, and purify their religion as in Allah's sight; if so they will be (numbered) with the believers. And soon will Allah grant to the believers a reward of immense value.
Abul Ala Maududi
except those who re-pent and mend their ways and hold fast to Allah and make their faith exclusive to Allah. Those people shall be numbered with the believers and Allah will certainly bestow on the believers a great reward.
Ahmed Ali
But those who repent and amend, and hold firmly to God, and are sincere and wholly obedient to God, are surely with the faithful; and God will bestow on the faithful a great reward.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Except those who repented and reformed themselves and held fast to Allah’s rope and made their religion sincerely only for Allah – so they are with the Muslims; and Allah will soon bestow upon the believers a great reward.
Ali Quli Qarai
except for those who repent and reform, and hold fast to Allah and dedicate their religion [exclusively] to Allah. Those are with the faithful, and soon Allah will give the faithful a great reward.
Ali Ünal
Except those who repent and mend their ways and hold fast to God and practice their Religion purely and sincerely for God’s sake: those (who repent) are counted with the believers, and in time God will grant to the believers a tremendous reward.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Yet such of these (- hypocrites) who turn with sincere repentance and amend (themselves) and hold fast to Allâh and become sincere in their allegiance to Allâh, it is these who are with the believers and Allâh will soon grant these believers a great reward.
English Literal
Except those who repented, and corrected/repaired, and they held fast with God, and they became faithful (to) their religion to God, so those (are) with the believers, and God will give the believers a great reward .
Faridul Haque
Except those who repented and reformed themselves and held fast to Allah’s rope and made their religion sincerely only for Allah - so they are with the Muslims; and Allah will soon bestow upon the believers a great reward.
Hamid S. Aziz
Allah loves not publicity of evil speech, unless one has been wronged; for Allah is Hearer and Knower.
Hilali & Khan
Except those who repent (from hypocrisy), do righteous good deeds, hold fast to Allah, and purify their religion for Allah (by worshipping none but Allah, and do good for Allah's sake only, not to show-off), then they will be with the believers. And Allah will grant to the believers a great reward.
Maulana Mohammad Ali
The hypocrites are surely in the lowest depths of the Fire, and thou wilt find no helper for them,
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Except those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and are sincere in their religion to Allah, these are with the believers, and Allah will grant the believers a mighty reward.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make their religion pure for Allah (only). Those are with the believers. And Allah will bestow on the believers an immense reward.
Muhammad Sarwar
those (hypocrites) who have repented, put their trust in God, and sincerely followed only His religion will live with the believers to whom God will give a great reward.
Qaribullah & Darwish
But those who repent and mend (their ways), who hold fast to Allah, and make their religion sincerely for Allah they are with the believers, and Allah will certainly give the believers a great wage.
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Except those who repent, do righteous good deeds, depend on Allah, and purify their religion for Allah, then they will be with the believers. And Allah will grant the believers a great reward.
Wahiduddin Khan
But those who repent and mend their ways, who hold fast to God and are sincere in their worship of God will be joined with the believers; and God will bestow a great reward upon the believers.
Talal Itani
Except those who repent, and reform, and hold fast to God, and dedicate their religion to God alone. These are with the believers; and God will give the believers a great reward.
Tafsir jalalayn
Save those who repent, of hypocrisy, and make amends, in their deeds, and hold fast to, put their trust [in], God and make their religion purely God's, free from any pretence; those are with the believers, in terms of what they shall be given; and God will certainly give the believers a great wage, in the Hereafter, and that is Paradise.
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ تَابُواْ وَأَصْلَحُواْ وَاعْتَصَمُواْ بِاللّهِ وَأَخْلَصُواْ دِينَهُمْ لِلّهِ
Except those who repent (from hypocrisy), do righteous good deeds, depend on Allah, and purify their religion for Allah,
replacing showing off with sincerity, so that their good deeds will benefit them, even if they were minute.
فَأُوْلَـيِكَ مَعَ الْمُوْمِنِينَ
then they will be with the believers.
on the Day of Resurrection.
وَسَوْفَ يُوْتِ اللّهُ الْمُوْمِنِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
And Allah will grant to the believers a great reward.
Allah then states that He is too Rich to need anyone and that He only punishes the servants because of their sins.