Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:78

4:78

أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدْرِككُّمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ ۗ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦ مِنْ عِندِكَ ۚ قُلْ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَالِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًا

aynamā takūnū yud'rikkumu l-mawtu walaw kuntum fī burūjin mushayyadatin wa-in tuṣib'hum ḥasanatun yaqūlū hādhihi min ʿindi l-lahi wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun yaqūlū hādhihi min ʿindika qul kullun min ʿindi l-lahi famāli hāulāi l-qawmi lā yakādūna yafqahūna ḥadīthan

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allāh"; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allāh." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?

— Saheeh International

Death will overtake you no matter where you may be, even inside high towers.’ When good fortune comes their way, they say, ‘This is from God,’ but when harm befalls them, they say, ‘This is from you [Prophet].’ Say to them, ‘Both come from God.’ What is the matter with these people that they can barely understand what they are told?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Wheresoever you may be, death will overtake you even if you are in fortresses built up strong and high!" And if some good reaches them, they say, "This is from Allâh," but if some evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)." Say: "All things are from Allâh," so what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word?

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

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أَيْنَمَاaynamāWherever
تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou be
يُدْرِككُّمُyud'rikkumuwill overtake you
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
فِىfīin
بُرُوجٍۢburūjintowers
مُّشَيَّدَةٍۢۗmushayyadatinlofty
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
حَسَنَةٌۭḥasanatunany good
يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
مِنْmin(is)
عِندِʿindifrom
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
سَيِّئَةٌۭsayyi-atunany evil
يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
مِنْmin(is)
عِندِكَۚʿindika(from) you
قُلْqulSay
كُلٌّۭkullunAll
مِّنْmin(is)
عِندِʿindifrom
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
فَمَالِfamāliSo what (is wrong)
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(with) these
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi[the] people
لَاlānot
يَكَادُونَyakādūnado they seem
يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna(to) understand
حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthanany statement