Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:128

4:128

وَإِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنۢ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَآ أَن يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا ۚ وَٱلصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌ ۗ وَأُحْضِرَتِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ ٱلشُّحَّ ۚ وَإِن تُحْسِنُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا

wa-ini im'ra-atun khāfat min baʿlihā nushūzan aw iʿ'rāḍan falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā an yuṣ'liḥā baynahumā ṣul'ḥan wal-ṣul'ḥu khayrun wa-uḥ'ḍirati l-anfusu l-shuḥa wa-in tuḥ'sinū watattaqū fa-inna l-laha kāna bimā taʿmalūna khabīran

And if a woman fears from her husband contempt or evasion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of settlement between them - and settlement is best. And present in [human] souls is stinginess. But if you do good and fear Allāh - then indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.

— Saheeh International

If a wife fears high-handedness or alienation from her husband, neither of them will be blamed if they come to a peaceful settlement, for peace is best. Although human souls are prone to selfishness, if you do good and are mindful of God, He is well aware of all that you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if a woman fears cruelty or desertion on her husband’s part, there is no sin on them both if they make terms of peace between themselves; and making peace is better. And human inner-selves are swayed by greed. But if you do good and keep away from evil, verily, Allâh is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do.

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

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وَإِنِwa-iniAnd if
ٱمْرَأَةٌim'ra-atuna woman
خَافَتْkhāfatfears
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْلِهَاbaʿlihāher husband
نُشُوزًاnushūzanill-conduct
أَوْawor
إِعْرَاضًۭاiʿ'rāḍandesertion
فَلَاfalāthen (there is) no
جُنَاحَjunāḥasin
عَلَيْهِمَآʿalayhimāon both of them
أَنanthat
يُصْلِحَاyuṣ'liḥāthey make terms of peace
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween themselves
صُلْحًۭاۚṣul'ḥana reconciliation
وَٱلصُّلْحُwal-ṣul'ḥuand [the] reconciliation
خَيْرٌۭۗkhayrun(is) best
وَأُحْضِرَتِwa-uḥ'ḍiratiAnd are swayed
ٱلْأَنفُسُl-anfusuthe souls
ٱلشُّحَّۚl-shuḥa(by) greed
وَإِنwa-inBut if
تُحْسِنُوا۟tuḥ'sinūyou do good
وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand fear (Allah)
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
خَبِيرًۭاkhabīranAll-Aware