Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:1

4:1

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَآءً ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا

yāayyuhā l-nāsu ittaqū rabbakumu alladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wakhalaqa min'hā zawjahā wabatha min'humā rijālan kathīran wanisāan wa-ittaqū l-laha alladhī tasāalūna bihi wal-arḥāma inna l-laha kāna ʿalaykum raqīban

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allāh, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allāh is ever, over you, an Observer.

— Saheeh International

People, be mindful of your Lord, who created you from a single soul, and from it created its mate, and from the pair of them spread countless men and women far and wide; be mindful of God, in whose name you make requests of one another. Beware of severing the ties of kinship: God is always watching over you.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwâ (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women; and fear Allâh through Whom you demand (your mutual rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allâh is Ever an All-Watcher over you.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
نَّفْسٍۢnafsina soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinsingle
وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand created
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
زَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mate
وَبَثَّwabathaand dispersed
مِنْهُمَاmin'humāfrom both of them
رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
وَنِسَآءًۭۚwanisāanand women
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(through) Whom
تَسَآءَلُونَtasāalūnayou ask
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
وَٱلْأَرْحَامَۚwal-arḥāmaand the wombs
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
رَقِيبًۭاraqībanEver-Watchful