ترجمة معاني سورة النساء باللغة الإنجليزية من كتاب Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation

Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation


(4:5) Do not entrust your properties - which Allah hasmade a means of support
for you - to the weak of understanding, but maintain and clothe them out of
it, and say to them a kind word of admonition.8

(4:6) Test the orphans until they reach the age of marriage,9
and then if you find them mature of mind hand over to them their property,0
and do not eat it up by either spending extravagantly or in haste, fearing that
they would grow up (and claim it). If the guardian of the orphan is rich let
him abstain entirely (from his ward's property); and if he is poor, let him
partake of it in a fair measure.1 When you hand over their property
to them let there be witnesses on their behalf. Allah is sufficient to take
account (of your deeds).

(4:9) And let them fear, those who, if they would themselves leave behind
helpless offspring, they would surely have been fearful on their account. Let
them, then, fear Allah and make the right statement.

(4:11) Allah thus commands you concerning your children: the share of the
male is like that of two females.5 If (the heirs of the deceased
are) more than two daughters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance;6
and if there is only one daughter, then she shall have half the inheritance.
If the deceased has any offspring, each of his parents shall have a sixth of
the inheritance;7 and if the deceased has no child and his parents
alone inherit him, then one-third shall go to his mother;8 and if
the deceased has brothers and sisters, then one-sixth shall go to his mother.9
All these shares are to be given after payment of the bequest he might have
made or any debts outstanding against him.0


You do not know which of them, your parents or your children, are more beneficial
to you. But these portions have been determined by Allah, for He indeed knows
all, is cognizant of all beneficent considerations.1

(4:12) And to you belongs half of whatever has been left behind by your wives
if they die childless; but if they have any children then to you belongs a fourth
of what they have left behind, after payment of the bequest they might have
made or any debts outstanding against them. And to them belongs a fourth of
what you leave behind, if you die childless; and if you have any child then
to them belongs one-eighth of what you have left behind,2 after
the payment of the bequest you might have made or any debts outstanding against
you.8 And if the man or woman has no heir in the direct line, but
has a brother or sister, then each of these shall inherit one-sixth; but if
they are more than two, then they shall inherit one-third of the inheritance,3
after the payment of the bequest that might have been made or any debts outstanding
against the deceased, providing that the bequest causes no injury.4
This is a commandment from Allah; Allah is All-Knowing, All-Forbearing.5

(4:14) And he who disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses the bounds
set by Him - him shall Allah cause to enter the Fire. There he will abide. A
humiliating chastisement awaits him.*25a

(4:16) Punish both of those among you who are guilty of this sin, then if
they repent and mend their ways, leave them alone. For Allah is always ready
to accept repentance. He is All-Compassionate.6

(4:19) Believers! It is not lawful for you to become heirs to women against
their will.8 It is not lawful that you should put constraint upon
them that you may take away anything of what you have given them; (you may not
put constraint upon them) unless they are guilty of brazenly immoral conduct.9
Live with your wives in a good manner. If you dislike them in any manner, it
may be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed much good for you.0

(4:20) And if you decide to dispense with a wife in order to take another,
do not take away anything of what you might have given the first one, even if
you had given her a heap of gold. Would you take it back by slandering her and
committing a manifest wrong?

(4:23) Forbidden to you are your mothers,4 your daughters,5
your sisters,6 your father's sisters and your mother's sisters,
your brother's daughters and your sister's daughters,7 your milk-mothers,
your milk-sisters,8 the mothers of your wives,9 and
the stepdaughters - who are your foster-children,0 born of your
wives with whom you have consummated the marriage; but if you have not consummated
the marriage with them, there will be no blame upon you (if you marry their
daughters).


It is also forbidden for you to take the wives of the sons who have sprung from
your loins1 and to take two sisters together in marriage,2
although what is past is past. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.3

(4:24) And also forbidden to you are all married women (muhsanat) except
those women whom your right hands have come to possess (as a result of war).4
This is Allah's decree and it is binding upon you. But it is lawful for you
to seek out all women except these, offering them your wealth and the protection
of wedlock rather than using them for the unfettered satisfaction of lust. And
in exchange of what you enjoy by marrying them pay their bridal-due as an obligation.
But there is no blame on you if you mutually agree to alter the settlement after
it has been made. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

(4:25) And those of you who cannot afford to marry free, believing women
(muhsanat), then marry such believing women whom your right hands possess. Allah
knows all about your faith. All of you belong to one another.5 Marry
them, then, with the leave of their guardians, and give them their bridal-due
in a fair manner that they may live in the protection of wedlock rather than
be either mere objects of unfettered lust or given to secret love affairs. Then
if they become guilty of immoral conduct after they have entered into wedlock,
they shall be liable to half the penalty to which free women (muhsanat) are
liable.6 This relaxation is for those of you who fear to fall into
sin by remaining unmarried.7 But if you persevere, it is better
for you. Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.

(4:26) Allah wants to make all this clear to you, and to guide you to the
ways which the righteous have followed in the past. He will turn graciously
towards you. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.8

(4:31) But if you avoid the major sins which you have been forbidden, We
shall remit your (trivial) offences,3 and cause you to enter an
honourable abode.

(4:34) Men are the protec-tors and maintainers of women6 because
Allah has made one of them excel over the other,7 and because they
spend out of their possessions (to support them). Thus righteous women are obedient
and guard the rights of men in their absence under Allah's protection.8
As for women of whom you fear rebellion, admonish them, and remain apart from
them in beds, and beat them.9 Then if they obey you, do not seek
ways to harm them. Allah is Exalted, Great.

(4:37) who are niggardly and bid others to be niggardly and conceal the bounty
which Allah has bestowed upon them.3 We have kept in readiness a
humiliating chastisement for such deniers (of Allah's bounty).

(4:38) Allah does not love those who spend out of their wealth to make a
show of it to people when they believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day.
And he who has taken Satan for a companion has indeed taken for himself a very
bad companion.

(4:39) What harm would have befallen them if they had believed in Allah and
the Last Day, and spent on charity what Allah had bestowed upon them as sustenance?
For Allah indeed has full knowledge of them.

(4:41) Consider, then, when We shall bring forward witnesses from every community,
and will bring you (O Muhammad!) as a witness against them all.4

(4:42) Those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish on that
Day that the earth were levelled with them. They will not be able to conceal
anything from Allah.

(4:43) Believers! Do not draw near to the Prayer while you are intoxicated5
until you know what you are saying6 nor while you are defiled7
- save when you are travelling - until you have washed yourselves.8
If you are either ill or travelling or have satisfied a want of nature or have
had contact with women9 and can find no water, then betake yourselves
to pure earth, passing with it lightly over your face and your hands.70
Surely Allah is All-Relenting, All-Forgiving.

(4:46) Among those who have become Jews2 there are some who alter
the words from their context,3 and make a malicious play with their
tongues and seek to revile the true faith. They say: 'We have heard and we disobey'
(sami'na wa 'asayna),4 'Do hear us, may you turn dumb' (isma' ghayr
musma')5 and 'Hearken to us' (ra'ina). It would indeed have been
better for them and more upright if they had said: 'We have heard and we obey'
(sami'na wa ata'na)6 and: 'Do listen to us, and look at us (with
kindness)' (wa isma' wa unzurna). But Allah has cursed them because of their
disbelief. Scarcely do they believe.

(4:49) Have you not seen those who boast of their righteousness, even though
it is Allah Who grants righteousness to whomsoever He wills? They are not wronged
even as much as the husk of a date-stone (if they do not receive righteousness).

(4:53) Have they any share in the dominion (of Allah)? Had that been so,
they would never have granted people even as much as the speck on a date-stone.4

(4:60) (O Messenger!) Have you not seen those who claim to believe in the
Book which has been revealed to you and in the Books revealed before you, and
yet desire to submit their disputes to the judgement of taghut (the Satanic
authorities who decide independently of the Law of Allah), whereas they had
been asked to reject it.1 And Satan seeks to make them drift far
away from the right way.

(4:62) But what happens when some misfortune visits them because of their
own misdeeds? Then, they come to you swearing by Allah,3 saying:
'We wanted nothing but to do good and to bring about conciliation (between the
two parties)'.

(4:64) (And tell them that) We never sent a Messenger but that he should
be obeyed by the leave of Allah.4 If whenever they wronged themselves
they had come to you praying to Allah for forgiveness, and had the Messenger
prayed for their forgiveness, they would indeed have found Allah All-Forgiving,
All-Compassionate.

(4:65) But no, by your Lord, they cannot become true be-lievers until they
seek your arbitration in all matters on which they disagree among themselves,
and then find not the least vexation in their hearts over what you have decided,
and accept it in willing submission.5
آية رقم 68

(4:68) and guide them to a straight way.8

(4:71) Believers! Always be on your guard against encounters.1
Then (as circumstance demands) either advance in detachments or advance in a
body.

(4:77) Have you not seen those who were told: 'Restrain you hands, and establish
the Prayer, and pay the Zakah'? But when fighting was enjoined upon them some
of them feared men as one should fear Allah, or even more,7 and
said: 'Our Lord, why have You ordained fighting for us? Why did You not grant
us a little more respite?' Say to them: 'There is little enjoyment in this world.
The World to Come is much better for the God-fearing. And you shall not be wronged
even to the extent of the husk of a date-stone.8

(4:83) Whenever they come upon any news bearing upon either security or causing
consternation they go about spreading it, whereas if they were to convey it
to either the Messenger or to those from among them who are entrusted with authority,
it would come to the knowledge of those who are competent to investigate it.2
But for Allah's bounty and mercy upon you, (weak as you were) all but a few
of you would surely have followed Satan.

(4:89) They wish that you should disbelieve just as they disbelieved so that
you may all be alike. Do not, therefore, take from them allies until they emigrate
in the way of Allah, but if they turn their backs (on emigration), seize them
and slay them8 wherever you come upon them. Take none of them for
your ally or helper,



8 This is the verdict on those hypocritical confessors of faith
who belong to a belligerent, non-Muslim nation and actually participate in acts
of hostility against the Islamic state.

(4:90) unless it be such of them who seek refuge with a people who are joined
with you by a covenant,9 or those who come to you because their
hearts shrink from fighting either against you or against their own people.
Had Allah so willed, He would certainly have given them power over you and they
would have fought against you. If they leave you alone and do not fight against
you and offer you peace,, then Allah does not permit you to harm them.

(4:91) You will also find others who wish to be secure from you, and secure
from their people, but who, whenever they have any opportunity to cause mischief,
plunge into it headlong. If such people neither leave you alone nor offer you
peace nor restrain their hands from hurting you, then seize them and slay them
wherever you come upon them. It is against these that We have granted you a
clear sanction.

(4:92) It is not for a believer to slay another believer unless by mistake.0
And he who has slain a believer by mistake, his atonement is to set free from
bondage a believing person1 and to pay blood-money to his heirs,2
unless they forgo it by way of charity. And if the slain belonged to a hostile
people, but was a believer, then the atonement is to set free from bondage a
believing person.




And if the slain belonged to a (non-Muslim) people with whom you have a covenant,
then the atonement is to pay the blood-money to his heirs, and to set free from
bondage a believing person.3 But he who cannot (free a slave) should
fast for two consecutive months.4 This is the penance ordained
by Allah.5 Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

(4:93) And he who slays a believer wilfully his reward is Hell, where he
will abide. Allah's wrath is against him and He has cast His curse upon him,
and has prepared for him a great chastisement.

(4:94) Believers! When you go forth in the way of Allah, discern (between
friend and foe), and do not say to him who offers you the greeting of peace:
'You are not a believer.'6 If you seek the good of this worldly
life, there lies with Allah abundant gain. After all, you too were such before,
and then Allah was gracious to you.7 Discern, then, for Allah is
well aware of what you do.

(4:95) Those believers who sit at home, unless they do so out of a disabling
injury, are not the equals of those who strive in the way of Allah with their
possessions and their lives. Allah has exalted in rank those who strive with
their possessions and their lives over those who sit at home; and though to
each Allah has promised some good reward, He has preferred those who strive
(in the way of Allah) over those who sit at home for a mighty reward.8

(4:102) (O Messenger!) If you are among the believers and rise (in the state
of war) to lead the Prayer for them,4 let a party of them stand
with you to worship, keeping their arms.5 When they have performed
their prostration, let them go behind you, and let another party who have not
prayed, pray with you, remaining on guard and keeping their arms,6
for the unbelievers love to see you heedless of your arms and your baggage so
that they might swoop upon you in a surprise attack. But there shall be no blame
upon you if you were to lay aside your arms if you are either troubled by rain
or are sick; but remain on guard. Surely Allah has prepared a humiliating chastisement
for the unbelievers.7

(4:105) (O Messenger!) We have revealed to you this Book with the Truth so
that you may judge between people in accordance with what Allah has shown you.
So do not dispute on behalf of the dishonest,0

(4:115) As for him who sets himself against the Messenger and follows a path
other than that of the believers even after true guidance had become clear to
him, We will let him go to the way he has turned to,3 and We will
cast him into Hell - an evil destination.
آية رقم 118

(4:118) upon whom Allah has laid His curse. He said (to Allah): 'I will take
to myself an appointed portion of Your servants6

(4:119) and shall lead them astray, and shall engross them in vain desires,
and I shall command them and they will cut off the ears of the cattle,7
and I shall command them and they will disfigure Allah's creation.'8
He who took Satan rather than Allah for his guardian has indeed suffered a man-ifest
loss.
آية رقم 120

(4:120) Satan makes promises to them and fills them with vain hopes,9
but whatever he promises them is merely delusion.
آية رقم 121

(4:121) For these people, their abode shall be Hell and from there they shall
find no way of escape.

(4:127) They ask you to pronounce laws concerning women,2 say:
'Allah pronounces to you concerning them,3 and reminds you of the
injunctions which were recited to you in the Book about female orphans whom
you do not give what has been ordained for them4 and whom you wish
to marry (out of greed)',5 and the commandments relating to the
children who are weak and helpless.6 Allah directs you to treat
the orphans with justice. Allah is well aware of whatever good you do.

(4:129) You will not be able to treat your wives with absolute justice not
even when you keenly desire to do so. (It suffices in order to follow the Law
of Allah that) you incline not wholly to one, leaving the other in suspense.1
If you act rightly and remain God-fearing, surely Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.2

(4:135) Believers! Be upholders of justice,4 and bearers of
witness to truth for the sake of Allah,5 even though it may either
be against yourselves or against your parents and kinsmen, or the rich or the
poor: for Allah is more concerned with their well-being than you are. Do not,
then, follow your own desires lest you keep away from justice. If you twist
or turn away from (the truth), know that Allah is well aware of all that you
do.

(4:141) These hypocrites watch you closely: if victory is granted to you
by Allah, they will say: 'Were we not with you?' And were the unbelievers to
gain the upper hand, they will say: 'Did we not have mastery over you, and yet
we protected you from the believers?'1 It is Allah Who will judge
between you on the Day of Resurrection, and He will not allow the unbelievers,
in any way, to gain advantage over the believers.

(4:146) except those who re-pent and mend their ways and hold fast to Allah
and make their faith exclusive to Allah.4 Those people shall be
numbered with the believers and Allah will certainly bestow on the believers
a great reward.

(4:149) (Even though you have the right to speak evil if you are wronged),
if you keep doing good -whether openly or secretly -or at least pardon the evil
(then that is the attribute of Allah). Allah is All-Pardoning and He has all
the power to chastise.7
آية رقم 151

(4:151) It is they, indeed they, who are, beyond all doubt, unbelievers;8
and for the unbelievers We have prepared a humiliating chastisement.

(4:153) The People of the Book now ask of you to have a Book come down on
them from heaven;1 indeed they asked of Moses even greater things
than this, for they said: 'Make us see Allah with our own eyes' - whereupon
the thunderbolt suddenly smote them for their wickedness.2 Then
they took to worshipping the calf after clear signs had come to them.3
Still, We forgave them, and conferred a manifest commandment upon Moses,

(4:154) and We raised the Mount high above them and took from them a covenant4
(to obey the commandment), and ordered them: 'Enter the gate in the state of
prostration.'5 And We said to them: 'Do not violate the law of
the Sabbath', and took from them a firm covenant.6

(4:155) (They have incurred Allah's wrath) for their breaking the covenant,
and their rejection of the signs of Allah, and for slaying Prophets without
right, and for saying: 'Our hearts are wrapped up in covers'7 -even
though in fact Allah has sealed their hearts because of their unbelief, so that
they scarcely believe8
آية رقم 156

(4:156) and for their going so far in unbelief9 as uttering
against Mary a mighty calumny,0

(4:157) and their saying: 'We slew the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary', the
Messenger of Allah1 - whereas2 in fact they had neither
slain him nor crucified him but the matter was made dubious to them3
- and those who differed about it too were in a state of doubt! They have no
definite knowledge of it, but merely follow conjecture;4 and they
surely slew him not,

(4:160) Thus,8 We forbade them many clean things which had earlier
been made lawful for them,9 for the wrong-doing of those who became
Jews, for their barring many from the way of Allah,0

(4:161) and for their taking interest which had been prohibited to them,1
and for their consuming the wealth of others wrongfully. And for the un believers
among them We have prepared a painful chastisement.2

(4:166) (Whether people believe or not) Allah bears witness that whatever
He has revealed to you, He has revealed with His knowledge, and the angels bear
witness to it too, though the witness of Allah is sufficient.

(4:171) People of the Book! Do not exceed the limits in your religion,1
and attribute to Allah nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of
Mary, was only a Messenger of Allah, and His command2 that He conveyed
unto Mary, and a spirit from Him (which led to Mary's conception).3
So believe in Allah and in His Messengers,4 and do not say: (Allah
is a) trinity5. Give up this assertion; it would be better for
you. Allah is indeed just one God. Far be it from His glory that He should have
a son.6 To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth.7
Allah is sufficient for a guardian.8

(4:176) People9 ask you to pronounce a ruling concerning inheritance
from those who have left behind no lineal heirs (kalalah).0 Say:
'Allah pronounces for you the ruling: should a man die childless but have a
sister,1 she shall have one half of what he has left behind; and
should the sister die childless, his brother shall inherit her.2
And if the heirs are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of what he has
left behind.3 And if the heirs are sisters and brothers, then the
male shall have the share of two females. Allah makes (His commandments) clear
to you lest you go astray. Allah has full knowledge of everything.
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