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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 125 (4:125)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِّمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَٱتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ …

Quran 4:125 is ayah 125 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 98 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:125
وَمَنْأَحْسَنُدِينًامِّمَّنْأَسْلَمَوَجْهَهُۥلِلَّهِوَهُوَمُحْسِنٌوَٱتَّبَعَمِلَّةَإِبْرَٰهِيمَحَنِيفًا ۗوَٱتَّخَذَٱللَّهُإِبْرَٰهِيمَخَلِيلًا١٢٥
waman aḥsanu dīnan mimman aslama wajhahu lillahi wahuwa muḥ'sinun wa-ittabaʿa millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wa-ittakhadha l-lahu ib'rāhīma khalīlan

And who is better in religion than one who submits himself to Allāh while being a doer of good and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth? And Allāh took Abraham as an intimate friend.(125)

Word by word

  1. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
  2. أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) better
  3. دِينًاdīnan(in) religion
  4. مِّمَّنْmimmanthan (one) who
  5. أَسْلَمَaslamasubmits
  6. وَجْهَهُۥwajhahuhis face
  7. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
  8. وَهُوَwahuwaand he
  9. مُحْسِنٌmuḥ'sinun(is) a good-doer
  10. وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand follows
  11. مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
  12. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
  13. حَنِيفًا ۗḥanīfan(the) upright
  14. وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaAnd was taken
  15. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  16. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
  17. خَلِيلًاkhalīlan(as) a friend

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