Except for those who take refuge with a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty or those who come to you, their hearts strained at [the prospect of] fighting you or fighting their own people. And if Allāh had willed, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they remove themselves from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then Allāh has not made for you a cause [for fighting] against them.(90)
Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 90 (4:90)
ٱلنِّسَاء
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۭ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَٰقٌ أَوْ جَآءُوكُمْ حَصِرَتْ …
Quran 4:90 is ayah 90 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 92 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 5
- Hizb 10
- Page 92
- Ruku 12
- Revealed Medina
4:90
إِلَّاٱلَّذِينَيَصِلُونَإِلَىٰقَوْمٍۭبَيْنَكُمْوَبَيْنَهُممِّيثَٰقٌأَوْجَآءُوكُمْحَصِرَتْصُدُورُهُمْأَنيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْأَوْيُقَٰتِلُوا۟قَوْمَهُمْ ۚوَلَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُلَسَلَّطَهُمْعَلَيْكُمْفَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمْ ۚفَإِنِٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْفَلَمْيُقَٰتِلُوكُمْوَأَلْقَوْا۟إِلَيْكُمُٱلسَّلَمَفَمَاجَعَلَٱللَّهُلَكُمْعَلَيْهِمْسَبِيلًا٩٠
illā alladhīna yaṣilūna ilā qawmin baynakum wabaynahum mīthāqun aw jāūkum ḥaṣirat ṣudūruhum an yuqātilūkum aw yuqātilū qawmahum walaw shāa l-lahu lasallaṭahum ʿalaykum falaqātalūkum fa-ini iʿ'tazalūkum falam yuqātilūkum wa-alqaw ilaykumu l-salama famā jaʿala l-lahu lakum ʿalayhim sabīlan
Word by word
- إِلَّاillāExcept
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَصِلُونَyaṣilūnajoin
- إِلَىٰilā[to]
- قَوْمٍۭqawmina group
- بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
- وَبَيْنَهُمwabaynahumand between them
- مِّيثَٰقٌmīthāqun(is) a treaty
- أَوْawor
- جَآءُوكُمْjāūkumthose who come to you
- حَصِرَتْḥaṣiratrestraining
- صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir hearts
- أَنanthat
- يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you
- أَوْawor
- يُقَٰتِلُوا۟yuqātilūthey fight
- قَوْمَهُمْ ۚqawmahumtheir people
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāa(had) willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَسَلَّطَهُمْlasallaṭahumsurely He (would have) given them power
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
- فَلَقَٰتَلُوكُمْ ۚfalaqātalūkumand surely they (would have) fought you
- فَإِنِfa-iniSo if
- ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْiʿ'tazalūkumthey withdraw from you
- فَلَمْfalamand (do) not
- يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumfight against you
- وَأَلْقَوْا۟wa-alqawand offer
- إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
- ٱلسَّلَمَl-salama[the] peace
- فَمَاfamāthen not
- جَعَلَjaʿala(has) made
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
- سَبِيلًاsabīlana way
Tafsir (commentary) of 4:90
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