Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:9

4:9

وَلْيَخْشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعَـٰفًا خَافُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْيَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا

walyakhsha alladhīna law tarakū min khalfihim dhurriyyatan ḍiʿāfan khāfū ʿalayhim falyattaqū l-laha walyaqūlū qawlan sadīdan

And let those [executors and guardians] fear [injustice] as if they [themselves] had left weak offspring behind and feared for them. So let them fear Allāh and speak words of appropriate justice.

— Saheeh International

Let those who would fear for the future of their own helpless children, if they were to die, show the same concern [for orphans]; let them be mindful of God and speak out for justice.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And let those (executors and guardians) have the same fear in their minds as they would have for their own, if they had left weak offspring behind. So let them fear Allâh and speak right words.

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

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Word by Word

وَلْيَخْشَwalyakhshaAnd let fear
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَوْlawif
تَرَكُوا۟tarakūthey left
مِنْminfrom
خَلْفِهِمْkhalfihimbehind
ذُرِّيَّةًۭdhurriyyatanoffspring
ضِعَـٰفًاḍiʿāfanweak
خَافُوا۟khāfū(and) they would have feared
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them
فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟falyattaqūSo let them fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَلْيَقُولُوا۟walyaqūlūand let them speak
قَوْلًۭاqawlanwords
سَدِيدًاsadīdanappropriate