Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:49

4:49

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَهُم ۚ بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا

alam tara ilā alladhīna yuzakkūna anfusahum bali l-lahu yuzakkī man yashāu walā yuẓ'lamūna fatīlan

Have you not seen those who claim themselves to be pure? Rather, Allāh purifies whom He wills, and injustice is not done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed].

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], have you considered those who claim purity for themselves? No! God purifies whoever He will: no one will be wronged by as much as the husk of a date stone.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have you not seen those (Jews and Christians) who claim sanctity for themselves. Nay, but Allâh sanctifies whom He wills, and they will not be dealt with injustice even equal to the extent of a scalish thread in the long slit of a date-stone.

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

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Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[towards]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُزَكُّونَyuzakkūnaclaim purity
أَنفُسَهُمۚanfusahum(for) themselves
بَلِbaliNay
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(it is) Allah
يُزَكِّىyuzakkīHe purifies
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَلَاwalāand not
يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnathey will be wronged
فَتِيلًاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date-seed