Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 138 (4:138)

ٱلنِّسَاء

بَشِّرِ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

Quran 4:138 is ayah 138 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 100 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:138
بَشِّرِٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَبِأَنَّلَهُمْعَذَابًاأَلِيمًا١٣٨
bashiri l-munāfiqīna bi-anna lahum ʿadhāban alīman

Give tidings to the hypocrites that there is for them a painful punishment -(138)

Word by word

  1. بَشِّرِbashiriGive tidings
  2. ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīna(to) the hypocrites
  3. بِأَنَّbi-annathat
  4. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  5. عَذَابًاʿadhāban(is) a punishment
  6. أَلِيمًاalīmanpainful

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