Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:98

4:98

إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا

illā l-mus'taḍʿafīna mina l-rijāli wal-nisāi wal-wil'dāni lā yastaṭīʿūna ḥīlatan walā yahtadūna sabīlan

Except for the oppressed among men, women, and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -

— Saheeh International

but not so the truly helpless men, women, and children who have no means in their power nor any way to leave-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Except the weak ones among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan, nor are they able to direct their way.

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

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Word by Word

إِلَّاillāExcept
ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَl-mus'taḍʿafīnathe oppressed
مِنَminaamong
ٱلرِّجَالِl-rijālithe men
وَٱلنِّسَآءِwal-nisāiand the women
وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِwal-wil'dāniand the children
لَاlā(who) not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaare able to
حِيلَةًۭḥīlatanplan
وَلَاwalāand not
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey are directed
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(to) a way