Surah An-Nisa, ayah 129
وَلَن تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَمِيلُوا۟ كُلَّ ٱلْمَيْلِ فَتَذَرُوهَا كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ ۚ وَإِن تُصْلِحُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
And you will never be able to be equal [in feeling] between wives, even if you should strive [to do so]. So do not incline completely [toward one] and leave another hanging. And if you amend [your affairs] and fear Allāh - then indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
An-Nisa · 4:129
Word by word
- وَلَنwalanAnd never
- تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟tastaṭīʿūwill you be able
- أَنanto
- تَعْدِلُوا۟taʿdilūdeal justly
- بَيْنَbaynabetween
- ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi[the] women
- وَلَوْwalaweven if
- حَرَصْتُمْ ۖḥaraṣtumyou desired
- فَلَاfalābut (do) not
- تَمِيلُوا۟tamīlūincline
- كُلَّkulla(with) all
- ٱلْمَيْلِl-maylithe inclination
- فَتَذَرُوهَاfatadharūhāand leave her (the other)
- كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ ۚkal-muʿalaqatilike the suspended one
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- تُصْلِحُوا۟tuṣ'liḥūyou reconcile
- وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand fear (Allah)
- فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- كَانَkānais
- غَفُورًۭاghafūranOft-Forgiving
- رَّحِيمًۭاraḥīmanMost Merciful
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