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Surah An-Nisa, Verse 53

سورة النساء، الآية ٥٣

4:53 Juz 5 Hizb 9 Page 87 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 4:53

أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ فَإِذًا لَّا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ نَقِيرًا ۝٥٣

Transliteration

am lahum naṣībun mina l-mul'ki fa-idhan lā yu'tūna l-nāsa naqīran

Translation

Or have they a share of dominion? Then [if that were so], they would not give the people [even as much as] the speck on a date seed.

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Verse 53 of Surah An-Nisa (4:53), a Medinan surah, is in juz 5, on page 87 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 53

Al-Mukhtasar

They do not have any share in the dominion, and if they did, they would not give people anything from it, not even as much as the speck on the surface of a date stone.

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Other translations of verse 53

Do they have a share in the dominion? Even if so, they would not give people even as much as the speck on a date stone.

Or have they a share in the dominion? Then in that case they would not give mankind even a speck on the back of a date-stone.

Or have they even a share in the Sovereignty? Then in that case, they would not give mankind even the speck on a date-stone.

Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing to their fellow-men?

Or have they a share in the kingdom? But then they would not give to people even the speck in the date stone.

Or even do they have an assignment in the Kingdom? Then, lo, they do not bring mankind even a groove in a datestone.

Verse 53 word by word

  1. أَمْ am Or
  2. لَهُمْ lahum for them
  3. نَصِيبٌ naṣībun (is) a share ن ص ب
  4. مِّنَ mina of
  5. ٱلْمُلْكِ l-mul'ki the Kingdom م ل ك
  6. فَإِذًا fa-idhan Then
  7. لَّا lā not would
  8. يُؤْتُونَ yu'tūna they give أ ت ي
  9. ٱلنَّاسَ l-nāsa the people أ ن س
  10. نَقِيرًا naqīran (even as much as the) speck on a date seed ن ق ر

Verses related to verse 53

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:100

    قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورًا

    Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy.

  • Al-Ahzab 33:25

    وَرَدَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِغَيْظِهِمْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا۟ خَيْرًا وَكَفَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلْقِتَالَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ قَوِيًّا عَزِيزًا

    And Allāh repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allāh for the believers in battle, and ever is Allāh Powerful and Exalted in Might.

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