Surah An-Nisa · Ayah 3

Meaning of Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 3

Wa-in khiftum alla tuqsitoo feealyatama fankihoo ma tabalakum mina annisa-i mathna wathulathawarubaAAa fa-in khiftum alla taAAdiloo fawahidatanaw ma malakat aymanukum thalika adnaalla taAAooloo

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1. وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
2. خِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou fear
3. أَلَّاallāthat not
4. تُقْسِطُوا۟tuq'siṭūyou will be able to do justice
5. فِىfīwith
6. ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰl-yatāmāthe orphans
7. فَٱنكِحُوا۟fa-inkiḥūthen marry
8. مَاmāwhat
9. طَابَṭābaseems suitable
10. لَكُمlakumto you
11. مِّنَminafrom
12. ٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women
13. مَثْنَىٰmathnātwo
14. وَثُلَـٰثَwathulāthaor three
15. وَرُبَـٰعَ ۖwarubāʿaor four
16. فَإِنْfa-inBut if
17. خِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou fear
18. أَلَّاallāthat not
19. تَعْدِلُوا۟taʿdilūyou can do justice
20. فَوَٰحِدَةًfawāḥidatanthen (marry) one
21. أَوْawor
22. مَاmāwhat
23. مَلَكَتْmalakatpossesses
24. أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۚaymānukumyour right hand
25. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
26. أَدْنَىٰٓadnā(is) more appropriate
27. أَلَّاallāthat (may) not
28. تَعُولُوا۟taʿūlūyou oppress