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Surah An-Nisa, Verse 98

سورة النساء، الآية ٩٨

4:98 Juz 5 Hizb 10 Page 94 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 4:98

إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا ۝٩٨

Transliteration

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

Translation

Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way213 -

Notes

[213] They are prevented by circumstances beyond their control.

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Verse 98 of Surah An-Nisa (4:98), a Medinan surah, is in juz 5, on page 94 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 98

Al-Mukhtasar

99. Perhaps Allah will pardon such people through His mercy and grace. Allah always pardons His servants and forgives those who repent to Him.

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Other translations of verse 98

Except the helpless men, women, and children who have no means nor do they know where to go.

Except the weak ones among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan, nor are they able to direct their way.

Except the feeble among men, and the women, and the children, who are unable to devise a plan and are not shown a way.

Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed - men, women, and children - who have no means in their power, nor (a guide-post) to their way.

Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way (to escape);

Except (the ones) deemed weak among the men and women and newborns (who) are unable (to contrive) a device and are not guided to a way.

Verse 98 word by word

  1. إِلَّا illā Except
  2. ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ l-mus'taḍʿafīna the oppressed ض ع ف
  3. مِنَ mina among
  4. ٱلرِّجَالِ l-rijāli the men ر ج ل
  5. وَٱلنِّسَآءِ wal-nisāi and the women ن س و
  6. وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ wal-wil'dāni and the children و ل د
  7. لَا lā (who) not
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَ yastaṭīʿūna are able to ط و ع
  9. حِيلَةً ḥīlatan plan ح و ل
  10. وَلَا walā and not
  11. يَهْتَدُونَ yahtadūna they are directed ه د ي
  12. سَبِيلًا sabīlan (to) a way س ب ل

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4588

Ibn `Abbas recited:-- "Except the weak ones among men women and children," (4.98) and said, "My mother and I were among those whom Allah had excused."

كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأُمِّي مِمَّنْ عَذَرَ اللَّهُ‏.‏ وَيُذْكَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ‏{‏حَصِرَتْ‏}‏ ضَاقَتْ ‏{‏تَلْوُوا‏}‏ أَلْسِنَتَكُمْ بِالشَّهَادَةِ‏.‏ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ الْمُرَاغَمُ الْمُهَاجَرُ‏.‏ رَاغَمْتُ هَاجَرْتُ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

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    وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا

    And what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allāh and [for] the oppressed among men, women and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper"?

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