Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:141

4:141

ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ وَإِن كَانَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ نَصِيبٌ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ وَلَن يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا

alladhīna yatarabbaṣūna bikum fa-in kāna lakum fatḥun mina l-lahi qālū alam nakun maʿakum wa-in kāna lil'kāfirīna naṣībun qālū alam nastaḥwidh ʿalaykum wanamnaʿkum mina l-mu'minīna fal-lahu yaḥkumu baynakum yawma l-qiyāmati walan yajʿala l-lahu lil'kāfirīna ʿalā l-mu'minīna sabīlan

Those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allāh, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not gain the advantage over you, but we protected you from the believers?" Allāh will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allāh give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].

— Saheeh International

The [hypocrites] wait to see what happens to you and, if God brings you success, they say, ‘Were we not on your side?’ but if the disbelievers have some success, they say to them, ‘Did we not have the upper hand over you, and [yet] protect you from the believers?’ God will judge between you all on the Day of Resurrection, and He will give the disbelievers no means of overcoming the believers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those (hypocrites) who wait and watch about you; if you gain a victory from Allâh, they say: "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): "Did we not gain mastery over you and did we not protect you from the believers?" Allâh will judge between you (all) on the Day of Resurrection. And never will Allâh grant to the disbelievers a way (to triumph) over the believers.

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

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ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَتَرَبَّصُونَyatarabbaṣūnaare waiting
بِكُمْbikumfor you
فَإِنfa-inThen if
كَانَkānawas
لَكُمْlakumfor you
فَتْحٌۭfatḥuna victory
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
أَلَمْalamWere not
نَكُنnakunwe
مَّعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
وَإِنwa-inBut if
كَانَkāna(there) was
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībuna chance
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
أَلَمْalamDid not
نَسْتَحْوِذْnastaḥwidhwe have advantage
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
وَنَمْنَعْكُمwanamnaʿkumand we protected you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَۚl-mu'minīnathe believers
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuAnd Allah
يَحْكُمُyaḥkumuwill judge
بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِۗl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
وَلَنwalanand never
يَجْعَلَyajʿalawill make
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
سَبِيلًاsabīlana way