Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 79 (4:79)

ٱلنِّسَاء

مَّآ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَآ أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَ ۚ …

Quran 4:79 is ayah 79 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 90 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:79
مَّآأَصَابَكَمِنْحَسَنَةٍفَمِنَٱللَّهِ ۖوَمَآأَصَابَكَمِنسَيِّئَةٍفَمِننَّفْسِكَ ۚوَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَلِلنَّاسِرَسُولًا ۚوَكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِشَهِيدًا٧٩
mā aṣābaka min ḥasanatin famina l-lahi wamā aṣābaka min sayyi-atin famin nafsika wa-arsalnāka lilnnāsi rasūlan wakafā bil-lahi shahīdan

What comes to you of good is from Allāh, but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself. And We have sent you, [O Muḥammad], to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allāh as Witness.(79)

Word by word

  1. مَّآmāWhat(ever)
  2. أَصَابَكَaṣābakabefalls you
  3. مِنْminof
  4. حَسَنَةٍḥasanatin(the) good
  5. فَمِنَfamina(is) from
  6. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  7. وَمَآwamāand whatever
  8. أَصَابَكَaṣābakabefalls you
  9. مِنminof
  10. سَيِّئَةٍsayyi-atin(the) evil
  11. فَمِنfamin(is) from
  12. نَّفْسِكَ ۚnafsikayourself
  13. وَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَwa-arsalnākaAnd We have sent you
  14. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people
  15. رَسُولًا ۚrasūlan(as) a Messenger
  16. وَكَفَىٰwakafāand is sufficient
  17. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiAllah
  18. شَهِيدًاshahīdan(as) a Witness

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