Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 98 (4:98)

ٱلنِّسَاء

إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً …

Quran 4:98 is ayah 98 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 94 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:98
إِلَّاٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَمِنَٱلرِّجَالِوَٱلنِّسَآءِوَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَحِيلَةًوَلَايَهْتَدُونَسَبِيلًا٩٨
illā l-mus'taḍʿafīna mina l-rijāli wal-nisāi wal-wil'dāni lā yastaṭīʿūna ḥīlatan walā yahtadūna sabīlan

Except for the oppressed among men, women, and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -(98)

Word by word

  1. إِلَّاillāExcept
  2. ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَl-mus'taḍʿafīnathe oppressed
  3. مِنَminaamong
  4. ٱلرِّجَالِl-rijālithe men
  5. وَٱلنِّسَآءِwal-nisāiand the women
  6. وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِwal-wil'dāniand the children
  7. لَاlā(who) not
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaare able to
  9. حِيلَةًḥīlatanplan
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey are directed
  12. سَبِيلًاsabīlan(to) a way

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