Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 90 (4:90)

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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۭ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَٰقٌ أَوْ جَآءُوكُمْ حَصِرَتْ …

Quran 4:90 is ayah 90 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 92 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:90
إِلَّاٱلَّذِينَيَصِلُونَإِلَىٰقَوْمٍۭبَيْنَكُمْوَبَيْنَهُممِّيثَٰقٌأَوْجَآءُوكُمْحَصِرَتْصُدُورُهُمْأَنيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْأَوْيُقَٰتِلُوا۟قَوْمَهُمْ ۚوَلَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُلَسَلَّطَهُمْعَلَيْكُمْفَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمْ ۚفَإِنِٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْفَلَمْيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْوَأَلْقَوْا۟إِلَيْكُمُٱلسَّلَمَفَمَاجَعَلَٱللَّهُلَكُمْعَلَيْهِمْسَبِيلًا٩٠
illā alladhīna yaṣilūna ilā qawmin baynakum wabaynahum mīthāqun aw jāūkum ḥaṣirat ṣudūruhum an yuqātilūkum aw yuqātilū qawmahum walaw shāa l-lahu lasallaṭahum ʿalaykum falaqātalūkum fa-ini iʿ'tazalūkum falam yuqātilūkum wa-alqaw ilaykumu l-salama famā jaʿala l-lahu lakum ʿalayhim sabīlan

Except for those who take refuge with a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty or those who come to you, their hearts strained at [the prospect of] fighting you or fighting their own people. And if Allāh had willed, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they remove themselves from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then Allāh has not made for you a cause [for fighting] against them.(90)

Word by word

  1. إِلَّاillāExcept
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. يَصِلُونَyaṣilūnajoin
  4. إِلَىٰilā[to]
  5. قَوْمٍۭqawmina group
  6. بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
  7. وَبَيْنَهُمwabaynahumand between them
  8. مِّيثَٰقٌmīthāqun(is) a treaty
  9. أَوْawor
  10. جَآءُوكُمْjāūkumthose who come to you
  11. حَصِرَتْḥaṣiratrestraining
  12. صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir hearts
  13. أَنanthat
  14. يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
  15. أَوْawor
  16. يُقَٰتِلُوا۟yuqātilūthey fight
  17. قَوْمَهُمْ ۚqawmahumtheir people
  18. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  19. شَآءَshāa(had) willed
  20. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  21. لَسَلَّطَهُمْlasallaṭahumsurely He (would have) given them power
  22. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
  23. فَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمْ ۚfalaqātalūkumand surely they (would have) fought you
  24. فَإِنِfa-iniSo if
  25. ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْiʿ'tazalūkumthey withdraw from you
  26. فَلَمْfalamand (do) not
  27. يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumfight against you
  28. وَأَلْقَوْا۟wa-alqawand offer
  29. إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
  30. ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama[the] peace
  31. فَمَاfamāthen not
  32. جَعَلَjaʿala(has) made
  33. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  34. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  35. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
  36. سَبِيلًاsabīlana way

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