Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:114

4:114

۞ لَّا خَيْرَ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّن نَّجْوَىٰهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ إِصْلَـٰحٍۭ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

lā khayra fī kathīrin min najwāhum illā man amara biṣadaqatin aw maʿrūfin aw iṣ'lāḥin bayna l-nāsi waman yafʿal dhālika ib'tighāa marḍāti l-lahi fasawfa nu'tīhi ajran ʿaẓīman

No good is there in much of their private conversation, except for those who enjoin charity or that which is right or conciliation between people. And whoever does that seeking means to the approval of Allāh - then We are going to give him a great reward.

— Saheeh International

There is no good in most of their secret talk, only in commanding charity, or good, or reconciliation between people. To anyone who does these things, seeking to please God, We shall give a rich reward;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

There is no good in most of their secret talks save (in) him who orders Sadaqah (charity in Allâh’s Cause), or Ma‘rûf (Islâmic Monotheism and all the good and righteous deeds which Allâh has ordained), or conciliation between mankind; and he who does this, seeking the good Pleasure of Allâh, We shall give him a great reward.

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

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۞ لَّاlā(There is) no
خَيْرَkhayragood
فِىfīin
كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmuch
مِّنminof
نَّجْوَىٰهُمْnajwāhumtheir secret talk
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنْman(he) who
أَمَرَamaraorders
بِصَدَقَةٍbiṣadaqatincharity
أَوْawor
مَعْرُوفٍmaʿrūfinkindness
أَوْawor
إِصْلَـٰحٍۭiṣ'lāḥinconciliation
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلنَّاسِۚl-nāsithe people
وَمَنwamanAnd who
يَفْعَلْyafʿaldoes
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
مَرْضَاتِmarḍātipleasure
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
نُؤْتِيهِnu'tīhiWe will give him
أَجْرًاajrana reward
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangreat