Sura 4 An-Nisa (The Women), ayah 83
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وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ ۖ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنْبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ لَاتَّبَعْتُمُ الشَّيْطَانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Translation by words
- وَإِذَا
- And when
- جَآءَهُمْ
- comes to them
- أَمْرٌ
- a matter
- مِّنَ
- of
- ٱلْأَمْنِ
- the security
- أَوِ
- or
- ٱلْخَوْفِ
- [the] fear
- أَذَاعُوا۟
- they spread
- بِهِۦ
- [with] it.
- وَلَوْ
- But if
- رَدُّوهُ
- they (had) referred it
- إِلَى
- to
- ٱلرَّسُولِ
- the Messenger
- وَإِلَىٰٓ
- and to
- أُو۟لِى
- those
- ٱلْأَمْرِ
- (having) authority
- مِنْهُمْ
- among them,
- لَعَلِمَهُ
- surely would have known it
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- those who
- يَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥ
- draw correct conclusion (from) it
- مِنْهُمْ
- among them.
- وَلَوْلَا
- And if not
- فَضْلُ
- (had been the) bounty
- ٱللَّهِ
- (of) Allah
- عَلَيْكُمْ
- on you
- وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ
- and His Mercy,
- لَٱتَّبَعْتُمُ
- surely you (would have) followed
- ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ
- the Shaitaan
- إِلَّا
- except
- قَلِيلًا
- a few.
And when there comes to them information about (public) security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who (can) draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have followed Satan, except for a few.
4:83
Translation: Saheeh International