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Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nisa Verse 147

An-Nisa [4]: 147 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

مَا يَفْعَلُ اللّٰهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ اِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ وَاٰمَنْتُمْۗ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيْمًا ۔ (النساء : ٤)

مَّا
What
yafʿalu
يَفْعَلُ
would do
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
biʿadhābikum
بِعَذَابِكُمْ
by punishing you
in
إِن
if
shakartum
شَكَرْتُمْ
you are grateful
waāmantum
وَءَامَنتُمْۚ
and you believe?
wakāna
وَكَانَ
And is
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
shākiran
شَاكِرًا
All-Appreciative
ʿalīman
عَلِيمًا
All-Knowing

Transliteration:

maa yafa'lul laahu bi 'azaabikum in shakartum wa aamantum; wa kaanal laahu Shaakiran 'Aleema (QS. an-Nisāʾ:147)

English / Sahih Translation:

What would Allah do with [i.e., gain from] your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And ever is Allah Appreciative and Knowing. (QS. An-Nisa, ayah 147)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

What would Allah get by punishing you, if you are grateful and believe? Allah is Appreciating, All-Knowing.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Why should Allah punish you if you are grateful and faithful? Allah is ever Appreciative, All-Knowing.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Why would Allah punish you, if you are grateful and faithful? Allah is ever Appreciative, All-Knowing.

A. J. Arberry

What would God do with chastising you if you are thankful, and believe? God is All-thankful, All-knowing.

Abdul Haleem

Why should God make you suffer torment if you are thankful and believe in Him? God always rewards gratitude and He knows everything.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

What will Allah do with your torment, if ye return thanks and believe? And Allah is ever Appreciative, Knowing.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

What can Allah gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and ye believe? Nay, it is Allah that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth all things.

Abul Ala Maududi

Why should Allah deal chastisement to you if you are grateful to Him and believe? Allah is All-Appreciative, All-Knowing.

Ahmed Ali

Why should God punish you if you acknowledge the truth and believe? God is responsive to gratitude and is cognisant.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And what will Allah gain by punishing you, if you acknowledge the truth and accept faith? And Allah is Most Appreciative, All Knowing.

Ali Quli Qarai

Why should Allah punish you if you give thanks and be faithful? And Allah is appreciative, all-knowing.

Ali Ünal

What should God punish you if you are grateful (to Him) and believe (in Him)? God is Ever-Responsive to gratitude, All-Knowing.

Amatul Rahman Omar

What Allâh has to do with punishing you if you be grateful (to Him) and believe (in Him). Allâh is Ever-Appreciating, All-Knowing.

English Literal

What God makes/does with your torture if you thanked/became grateful and you believed, and God was/is thankful/grateful, knowledgeable.

Faridul Haque

And what will Allah gain by punishing you, if you acknowledge the truth and accept faith? And Allah is Most Appreciative, All Knowing.

Hamid S. Aziz

If you do good openly or in secret, or forgive evil, verily, Allah is Forgiving and Powerful!

Hilali & Khan

Why should Allah punish you if you have thanked (Him) and have believed in Him. And Allah is Ever All-Appreciative (of good), All-Knowing.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Save those who repent and amend hold fast to Allah and are sincere in their obedience to Allah -- these are with the believers. And Allah will soon grant the believers a mighty reward.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Why should Allah chastise you if you are grateful and believe? And Allah is the Multiplier of rewards, Knowing

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

What concern hath Allah for your punishment if ye are thankful (for His mercies) and believe (in Him)? Allah was ever Responsive, Aware.

Muhammad Sarwar

Why should God punish you if you give thanks and believe in Him? God is All-rewarding and All-forgiving.

Qaribullah & Darwish

What, would Allah do with punishing you if you thank and believe! Allah is the Thanker, the Knower.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Why should Allah punish you if you have thanked (Him) and have believed in Him. And Allah is Ever All-Appreciative (of good), All-Knowing.

Wahiduddin Khan

Why should God punish you, if you render thanks to Him and believe in Him? God is appreciative and aware.

Talal Itani

What would God accomplish by your punishment, if you have given thanks, and have believed? God is Appreciative and Cognizant.

Tafsir jalalayn

Why would God chastise you if you are thankful, of His favours, and believe, in Him? (the interrogative is meant as a denial, in other words; He would not punish you). God is ever Thankful, of the deeds of believers, rewarding them, Knowing, of His creation.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

مَّا يَفْعَلُ اللّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِن شَكَرْتُمْ وَامَنتُمْ

Why should Allah punish you if you have thanked (Him) and have believed in Him.

by correcting your actions and having faith in Allah and His Messenger.

وَكَانَ اللّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًا



And Allah is Ever All-Appreciative (of good), All-Knowing.

Allah appreciates those who appreciate Him, and has knowledge of those whose hearts believe in Him, and He will give them perfect reward