Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:148

4:148

۞ لَّا يُحِبُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْجَهْرَ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ إِلَّا مَن ظُلِمَ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا

lā yuḥibbu l-lahu l-jahra bil-sūi mina l-qawli illā man ẓulima wakāna l-lahu samīʿan ʿalīman

Allāh does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allāh Hearing and Knowing.

— Saheeh International

God does not like bad words to be made public unless someone has been wronged: He is all hearing and all knowing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh does not like that the evil should be uttered in public except by him who has been wronged. And Allâh is Ever All-Hearer, All-Knower.

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

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۞ لَّاlā(Does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْجَهْرَl-jahrathe public mention
بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiof [the] evil
مِنَmina[of]
ٱلْقَوْلِl-qawli[the] words
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنman(by the one) who
ظُلِمَۚẓulimahas been wronged
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
سَمِيعًاsamīʿanAll-Hearing
عَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knowing