Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 18 (4:18)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَلَيْسَتِ ٱلتَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّئَِّاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ …

Quran 4:18 is ayah 18 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 80 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:18
وَلَيْسَتِٱلتَّوْبَةُلِلَّذِينَيَعْمَلُونَٱلسَّئَِّاتِحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاحَضَرَأَحَدَهُمُٱلْمَوْتُقَالَإِنِّىتُبْتُٱلَْٰٔنَوَلَاٱلَّذِينَيَمُوتُونَوَهُمْكُفَّارٌ ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَعْتَدْنَالَهُمْعَذَابًاأَلِيمًا١٨
walaysati l-tawbatu lilladhīna yaʿmalūna l-sayiāti ḥattā idhā ḥaḍara aḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla innī tub'tu l-āna walā alladhīna yamūtūna wahum kuffārun ulāika aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāban alīman

But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.(18)

Word by word

  1. وَلَيْسَتِwalaysatiAnd not
  2. ٱلتَّوْبَةُl-tawbatu(is) the acceptance of repentance
  3. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  4. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
  5. ٱلسَّئَِّاتِl-sayiātithe evil deeds
  6. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  7. إِذَاidhāwhen
  8. حَضَرَḥaḍaraapproaches
  9. أَحَدَهُمُaḥadahumuone of them
  10. ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
  11. قَالَqālahe says
  12. إِنِّىinnīIndeed I
  13. تُبْتُtub'turepent
  14. ٱلَْٰٔنَl-ānanow
  15. وَلَاwalāand not
  16. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  17. يَمُوتُونَyamūtūnadie
  18. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  19. كُفَّارٌ ۚkuffārun(are) disbelievers
  20. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  21. أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāWe have prepared
  22. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  23. عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
  24. أَلِيمًاalīmanpainful

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