Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 62 (4:62)

ٱلنِّسَاء

فَكَيْفَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ جَآءُوكَ يَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ …

Quran 4:62 is ayah 62 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 88 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:62
فَكَيْفَإِذَآأَصَٰبَتْهُممُّصِيبَةٌۢبِمَاقَدَّمَتْأَيْدِيهِمْثُمَّجَآءُوكَيَحْلِفُونَبِٱللَّهِإِنْأَرَدْنَآإِلَّآإِحْسَٰنًاوَتَوْفِيقًا٦٢
fakayfa idhā aṣābathum muṣībatun bimā qaddamat aydīhim thumma jāūka yaḥlifūna bil-lahi in aradnā illā iḥ'sānan watawfīqan

So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth and then they come to you swearing by Allāh, "We intended nothing but good conduct and accommodation."(62)

Word by word

  1. فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how
  2. إِذَآidhāwhen
  3. أَصَٰبَتْهُمaṣābathumbefalls them
  4. مُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatundisaster
  5. بِمَاbimāfor what
  6. قَدَّمَتْqaddamatsent forth
  7. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
  8. ثُمَّthummathen
  9. جَآءُوكَjāūkathey come to you
  10. يَحْلِفُونَyaḥlifūnaswearing
  11. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
  12. إِنْinNot
  13. أَرَدْنَآaradnāwe intended
  14. إِلَّآillāexcept
  15. إِحْسَٰنًاiḥ'sānangood
  16. وَتَوْفِيقًاwatawfīqanand reconciliation

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