Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 165 (4:165)

ٱلنِّسَاء

رُّسُلًا مُّبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ حُجَّةٌۢ بَعْدَ ٱلرُّسُلِ ۚ …

Quran 4:165 is ayah 165 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 104 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:165
رُّسُلًامُّبَشِّرِينَوَمُنذِرِينَلِئَلَّايَكُونَلِلنَّاسِعَلَىٱللَّهِحُجَّةٌۢبَعْدَٱلرُّسُلِ ۚوَكَانَٱللَّهُعَزِيزًاحَكِيمًا١٦٥
rusulan mubashirīna wamundhirīna li-allā yakūna lilnnāsi ʿalā l-lahi ḥujjatun baʿda l-rusuli wakāna l-lahu ʿazīzan ḥakīman

[We sent] messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against Allāh after the messengers. And ever is Allāh Exalted in Might and Wise.(165)

Word by word

  1. رُّسُلًاrusulanMessengers
  2. مُّبَشِّرِينَmubashirīnabearers of glad tidings
  3. وَمُنذِرِينَwamundhirīnaand warners
  4. لِئَلَّاli-allāso that not
  5. يَكُونَyakūnathere is
  6. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
  7. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  9. حُجَّةٌۢḥujjatunany argument
  10. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  11. ٱلرُّسُلِ ۚl-rusulithe Messengers
  12. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
  13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  14. عَزِيزًاʿazīzanAll-Mighty
  15. حَكِيمًاḥakīmanAll-Wise

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