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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 129 (4:129)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَلَن تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَمِيلُوا۟ كُلَّ …

Quran 4:129 is ayah 129 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 99 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:129
وَلَنتَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟أَنتَعْدِلُوا۟بَيْنَٱلنِّسَآءِوَلَوْحَرَصْتُمْ ۖفَلَاتَمِيلُوا۟كُلَّٱلْمَيْلِفَتَذَرُوهَاكَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ ۚوَإِنتُصْلِحُوا۟وَتَتَّقُوا۟فَإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَغَفُورًارَّحِيمًا١٢٩
walan tastaṭīʿū an taʿdilū bayna l-nisāi walaw ḥaraṣtum falā tamīlū kulla l-mayli fatadharūhā kal-muʿalaqati wa-in tuṣ'liḥū watattaqū fa-inna l-laha kāna ghafūran raḥīman

And you will never be able to be equal [in feeling] between wives, even if you should strive [to do so]. So do not incline completely [toward one] and leave another hanging. And if you amend [your affairs] and fear Allāh - then indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.(129)

Word by word

  1. وَلَنwalanAnd never
  2. تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟tastaṭīʿūwill you be able
  3. أَنanto
  4. تَعْدِلُوا۟taʿdilūdeal justly
  5. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  6. ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi[the] women
  7. وَلَوْwalaweven if
  8. حَرَصْتُمْ ۖḥaraṣtumyou desired
  9. فَلَاfalābut (do) not
  10. تَمِيلُوا۟tamīlūincline
  11. كُلَّkulla(with) all
  12. ٱلْمَيْلِl-maylithe inclination
  13. فَتَذَرُوهَاfatadharūhāand leave her (the other)
  14. كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ ۚkal-muʿalaqatilike the suspended one
  15. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  16. تُصْلِحُوا۟tuṣ'liḥūyou reconcile
  17. وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand fear (Allah)
  18. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  19. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  20. كَانَkānais
  21. غَفُورًاghafūranOft-Forgiving
  22. رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMost Merciful

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