Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:165

4:165

رُّسُلًا مُّبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ حُجَّةٌۢ بَعْدَ ٱلرُّسُلِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

rusulan mubashirīna wamundhirīna li-allā yakūna lilnnāsi ʿalā l-lahi ḥujjatun baʿda l-rusuli wakāna l-lahu ʿazīzan ḥakīman

[We sent] messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against Allāh after the messengers. And ever is Allāh Exalted in Might and Wise.

— Saheeh International

They were messengers bearing good news and warning, so that mankind would have no excuse before God, once the messengers had been sent: God is almighty and all wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Messengers as bearers of good news as well as of warning in order that mankind should have no plea against Allâh after the (coming of) Messengers. And Allâh is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise.

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

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رُّسُلًۭاrusulanMessengers
مُّبَشِّرِينَmubashirīnabearers of glad tidings
وَمُنذِرِينَwamundhirīnaand warners
لِئَلَّاli-allāso that not
يَكُونَyakūnathere is
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
حُجَّةٌۢḥujjatunany argument
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ٱلرُّسُلِۚl-rusulithe Messengers
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَزِيزًاʿazīzanAll-Mighty
حَكِيمًۭاḥakīmanAll-Wise