Surah An-Nisa — Verse 53

The Women · 4:53 · 53/176

أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ فَإِذًا لَّا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ نَقِيرًا

Am lahum naseebun mina almulki fa-ithanla yu'toona annasa naqeera

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

Or have they a share of dominion? Then [if that were so], they would not give the people [even as much as] the speck on a date seed.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Do they have any share of what He possesses? If they did they would not give away so much as the groove of a date stone.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Or have they even a share in the Sovereignty? Then in that case, they would not give mankind even the speck on a date-stone.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing to their fellow-men?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Is it that they have a share in the kingdom? If so, they would give nothing to the people, not even to the measure of a tiny pit on the back of a date-stone?

Al-Hilali & Khan

Or have they a share in the dominion? Then in that case they would not give mankind even a speck on the back of a date-stone.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Have they any share in the dominion (of Allah)? Had that been so, they would never have granted people even as much as the speck on a date-stone.