Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:91

4:91

سَتَجِدُونَ ءَاخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّ مَا رُدُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْفِتْنَةِ أُرْكِسُوا۟ فِيهَا ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنًا مُّبِينًا

satajidūna ākharīna yurīdūna an yamanūkum wayamanū qawmahum kulla mā ruddū ilā l-fit'nati ur'kisū fīhā fa-in lam yaʿtazilūkum wayul'qū ilaykumu l-salama wayakuffū aydiyahum fakhudhūhum wa-uq'tulūhum ḥaythu thaqif'tumūhum wa-ulāikum jaʿalnā lakum ʿalayhim sul'ṭānan mubīnan

You will find others who wish to obtain security from you and [to] obtain security from their people. Every time they are returned to [the influence of] disbelief, they fall back into it. So if they do not withdraw from you or offer you peace or restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you overtake them. And those - We have made for you against them a clear authorization.

— Saheeh International

You will find others who wish to be safe from you, and from their own people, but whenever they are back in a situation where they are tempted [to fight you], they succumb to it. So if they neither withdraw, nor offer you peace, nor restrain themselves from fighting you, seize and kill them wherever you encounter them: We give you clear authority against such people.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

You will find others that wish to have security from you and security from their people. Every time they are sent back to temptation, they yield thereto. If they withdraw not from you, nor offer you peace, nor restrain their hands, take (hold of) them and kill them wherever you find them. In their case, We have provided you with a clear warrant against them.

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

Juz 5Page 92medinan

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سَتَجِدُونَsatajidūnaYou will find
ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaothers
يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnawishing
أَنanthat
يَأْمَنُوكُمْyamanūkumthey be secure from you
وَيَأْمَنُوا۟wayamanūand they be secure from
قَوْمَهُمْqawmahumtheir people
كُلَّkullaEverytime
مَاmāthat
رُدُّوٓا۟ruddūthey are returned
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْفِتْنَةِl-fit'natithe temptation
أُرْكِسُوا۟ur'kisūthey are plunged
فِيهَاۚfīhāinto it
فَإِنfa-inSo if
لَّمْlamnot
يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْyaʿtazilūkumthey withdraw from you
وَيُلْقُوٓا۟wayul'qūand offer
إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama[the] peace
وَيَكُفُّوٓا۟wayakuffūand they restrain
أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhumthen seize them
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumand kill them
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْۚthaqif'tumūhumyou find them
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكُمْwa-ulāikumAnd those
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
لَكُمْlakumfor you
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
مُّبِينًۭاmubīnanclear