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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 136 (4:136)

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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ …

Quran 4:136 is ayah 136 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 100 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:136
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟ءَامِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦوَٱلْكِتَٰبِٱلَّذِىنَزَّلَعَلَىٰرَسُولِهِۦوَٱلْكِتَٰبِٱلَّذِىٓأَنزَلَمِنقَبْلُ ۚوَمَنيَكْفُرْبِٱللَّهِوَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦوَكُتُبِهِۦوَرُسُلِهِۦوَٱلْيَوْمِٱلَْٔاخِرِفَقَدْضَلَّضَلَٰلًۢابَعِيدًا١٣٦
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū āminū bil-lahi warasūlihi wal-kitābi alladhī nazzala ʿalā rasūlihi wal-kitābi alladhī anzala min qablu waman yakfur bil-lahi wamalāikatihi wakutubihi warusulihi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri faqad ḍalla ḍalālan baʿīdan

O you who have believed, believe in Allāh and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allāh, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.(136)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
  3. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
  4. ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
  5. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  6. وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
  7. وَٱلْكِتَٰبِwal-kitābiand the Book
  8. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
  9. نَزَّلَnazzalaHe revealed
  10. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
  11. رَسُولِهِۦrasūlihiHis Messenger
  12. وَٱلْكِتَٰبِwal-kitābiand the Book
  13. ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhich
  14. أَنزَلَanzalaHe revealed
  15. مِنminfrom
  16. قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
  17. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  18. يَكْفُرْyakfurdisbelieves
  19. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  20. وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦwamalāikatihiand His Angels
  21. وَكُتُبِهِۦwakutubihiand His Books
  22. وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His Messengers
  23. وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
  24. ٱلَْٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last
  25. فَقَدْfaqadthen surely
  26. ضَلَّḍallahe (has) lost (the) way
  27. ضَلَٰلًۢاḍalālanstraying
  28. بَعِيدًاbaʿīdanfar away

Tafsir (commentary) of 4:136

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The Order to Have Faith after Believing

Allah commands His faithful servants to adhere to all the elements of faith, its branches, pillars and cornerstones. This is not stated as mere redundancy, but from the view of completing faith and the continual maintenence of it. For instance, the believer proclaims in every prayer,

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

(Guide us to the straight way.) which means, make us aware of the straight path and increase us in guidance and strengthen us on it. In this Ayah 4:136, Allah commands the believers to believe in Him and in His Messenger, just as He said elsewhere,

يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَءَامِنُواْ بِرَسُولِهِ

(O you who believe! Have Taqwa of Allah, and believe in His Messenger, ). Allah's statement,

وَالْكِتَـبِ الَّذِى نَزَّلَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ

(and the Book which He has sent down to His Messenger,) refers to the Qur'an, while,

وَالْكِتَـبِ الَّذِى أَنَزلَ مِن قَبْلُ

(and the Scripture which He sent down to those before (him);) refers to the previously revealed divine Books. Allah then said,

وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَـئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاٌّخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَـلاً بَعِيداً

(and whosoever disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, then indeed he has strayed far away.) meaning, he will have deviated from the correct guidance and strayed far away from its path.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ ثُمَّ ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ ثُمَّ ازْدَادُواْ كُفْراً لَّمْ يَكُنْ اللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلاَ لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ سَبِيلاً - بَشِّرِ الْمُنَـفِقِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً

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