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An-Nisa (The Women)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍۢ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًۭا كَثِيرًۭا وَنِسَآءًۭ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًۭا﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
نَّفْسٍۢnafsina soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinsingle
وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand created
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
زَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mate
وَبَثَّwabathaand dispersed
مِنْهُمَاmin'humāfrom both of them
رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
وَنِسَآءًۭ ۚwanisāanand women
وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(through) Whom
تَسَآءَلُونَtasāalūnayou ask
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
وَٱلْأَرْحَامَ ۚwal-arḥāmaand the wombs
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
رَقِيبًۭاraqībanEver-Watchful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Al-MadinaVirtues of Surat An-Nisa, A Madinan SurahAl-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said that Surat An-Nisa' was revealed in Al-Madinah. Ibn Marduwyah recorded similar statements from `Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr and Zayd bin Thabit.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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