Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:62

4:62

فَكَيْفَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَدْنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْسَـٰنًا وَتَوْفِيقًا

fakayfa idhā aṣābathum muṣībatun bimā qaddamat aydīhim thumma jāūka yaḥlifūna bil-lahi in aradnā illā iḥ'sānan watawfīqan

So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth and then they come to you swearing by Allāh, "We intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation."

— Saheeh International

If disaster strikes them because of what they themselves have done, then they will come to you, swearing by God, ‘We only wanted to do good and achieve harmony.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

How then, when a catastrophe befalls them because of what their hands have sent forth, they come to you swearing by Allâh, "We meant no more than goodwill and conciliation!"

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

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Word by Word

فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَصَـٰبَتْهُمaṣābathumbefalls them
مُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatundisaster
بِمَاbimāfor what
قَدَّمَتْqaddamatsent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
ثُمَّthummathen
جَآءُوكَjāūkathey come to you
يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaswearing
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
إِنْinNot
أَرَدْنَآaradnāwe intended
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِحْسَـٰنًۭاiḥ'sānangood
وَتَوْفِيقًاwatawfīqanand reconciliation