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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 39 (4:39)

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وَمَاذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَوْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَْٔاخِرِ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُمُ …

Quran 4:39 is ayah 39 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 85 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:39
وَمَاذَاعَلَيْهِمْلَوْءَامَنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلَْٔاخِرِوَأَنفَقُوا۟مِمَّارَزَقَهُمُٱللَّهُ ۚوَكَانَٱللَّهُبِهِمْعَلِيمًا٣٩
wamādhā ʿalayhim law āmanū bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wa-anfaqū mimmā razaqahumu l-lahu wakāna l-lahu bihim ʿalīman

And what [harm would come] upon them if they believed in Allāh and the Last Day and spent out of what Allāh provided for them? And Allāh is ever, about them, Knowing.(39)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاذَاwamādhāAnd what
  2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim(is) against them
  3. لَوْlawif
  4. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed
  5. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  6. وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
  7. ٱلَْٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
  8. وَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqūand spent
  9. مِمَّاmimmāfrom what
  10. رَزَقَهُمُrazaqahumu(has) provided them
  11. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
  12. وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
  13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  14. بِهِمْbihimabout them
  15. عَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knower

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