Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 78 (4:78)

ٱلنِّسَاء

أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدْرِككُّمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ ۗ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ …

Quran 4:78 is ayah 78 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 90 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:78
أَيْنَمَاتَكُونُوا۟يُدْرِككُّمُٱلْمَوْتُوَلَوْكُنتُمْفِىبُرُوجٍمُّشَيَّدَةٍ ۗوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْحَسَنَةٌيَقُولُوا۟هَٰذِهِۦمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِ ۖوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْسَيِّئَةٌيَقُولُوا۟هَٰذِهِۦمِنْعِندِكَ ۚقُلْكُلٌّمِّنْعِندِٱللَّهِ ۖفَمَالِهَٰٓؤُلَآءِٱلْقَوْمِلَايَكَادُونَيَفْقَهُونَحَدِيثًا٧٨
aynamā takūnū yud'rikkumu l-mawtu walaw kuntum fī burūjin mushayyadatin wa-in tuṣib'hum ḥasanatun yaqūlū hādhihi min ʿindi l-lahi wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun yaqūlū hādhihi min ʿindika qul kullun min ʿindi l-lahi famāli hāulāi l-qawmi lā yakādūna yafqahūna ḥadīthan

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allāh"; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allāh." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?(78)

Word by word

  1. أَيْنَمَاaynamāWherever
  2. تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou be
  3. يُدْرِككُّمُyud'rikkumuwill overtake you
  4. ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
  5. وَلَوْwalaweven if
  6. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
  7. فِىfīin
  8. بُرُوجٍburūjintowers
  9. مُّشَيَّدَةٍ ۗmushayyadatinlofty
  10. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  11. تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
  12. حَسَنَةٌḥasanatunany good
  13. يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
  14. هَٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
  15. مِنْmin(is)
  16. عِندِʿindifrom
  17. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  18. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  19. تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
  20. سَيِّئَةٌsayyi-atunany evil
  21. يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
  22. هَٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
  23. مِنْmin(is)
  24. عِندِكَ ۚʿindika(from) you
  25. قُلْqulSay
  26. كُلٌّkullunAll
  27. مِّنْmin(is)
  28. عِندِʿindifrom
  29. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  30. فَمَالِfamāliSo what (is wrong)
  31. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(with) these
  32. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi[the] people
  33. لَاlānot
  34. يَكَادُونَyakādūnado they seem
  35. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna(to) understand
  36. حَدِيثًاḥadīthanany statement

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