Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 10 (4:10)

ٱلنِّسَاء

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا ۖ …

Quran 4:10 is ayah 10 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 78 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:10
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَيَأْكُلُونَأَمْوَٰلَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰظُلْمًاإِنَّمَايَأْكُلُونَفِىبُطُونِهِمْنَارًا ۖوَسَيَصْلَوْنَسَعِيرًا١٠
inna alladhīna yakulūna amwāla l-yatāmā ẓul'man innamā yakulūna fī buṭūnihim nāran wasayaṣlawna saʿīran

Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly are only consuming into their bellies fire. And they will be burned in a Blaze [i.e., Hellfire].(10)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. يَأْكُلُونَyakulūnaconsume
  4. أَمْوَٰلَamwālawealth
  5. ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰl-yatāmā(of) the orphans
  6. ظُلْمًاẓul'manwrongfully
  7. إِنَّمَاinnamāonly
  8. يَأْكُلُونَyakulūnathey consume
  9. فِىfīin
  10. بُطُونِهِمْbuṭūnihimtheir bellies
  11. نَارًا ۖnāranfire
  12. وَسَيَصْلَوْنَwasayaṣlawnaand they will be burned
  13. سَعِيرًاsaʿīran(in) a Blazing Fire

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