Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 109 (4:109)

ٱلنِّسَاء

هَٰٓأَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ جَٰدَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَمَن يُجَٰدِلُ ٱللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ …

Quran 4:109 is ayah 109 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 96 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:109
هَٰٓأَنتُمْهَٰٓؤُلَآءِجَٰدَلْتُمْعَنْهُمْفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَافَمَنيُجَٰدِلُٱللَّهَعَنْهُمْيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِأَممَّنيَكُونُعَلَيْهِمْوَكِيلًا١٠٩
hāantum hāulāi jādaltum ʿanhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā faman yujādilu l-laha ʿanhum yawma l-qiyāmati am man yakūnu ʿalayhim wakīlan

Here you are - those who argue on their behalf in [this] worldly life - but who will argue with Allāh for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will [then] be their representative?(109)

Word by word

  1. هَٰٓأَنتُمْhāantumHere you are
  2. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithose who
  3. جَٰدَلْتُمْjādaltum[you] argue
  4. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfor them
  5. فِىfīin
  6. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  7. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  8. فَمَنfamanbut who
  9. يُجَٰدِلُyujādiluwill argue
  10. ٱللَّهَl-laha(with) Allah
  11. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfor them
  12. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  13. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) [the] Resurrection
  14. أَمamor
  15. مَّنmanwho
  16. يَكُونُyakūnuwill be
  17. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim[over them]
  18. وَكِيلًاwakīlan(their) defender

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