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An-Nisa 4:129

وَلَن تَسۡتَطِيعُوٓاْ أَن تَعۡدِلُواْ بَيۡنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَلَوۡ حَرَصۡتُمۡۖ فَلَا تَمِيلُواْ كُلَّ ٱلۡمَيۡلِ فَتَذَرُوهَا كَٱلۡمُعَلَّقَةِۚ وَإِن تُصۡلِحُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا

You will never be able to maintain ˹emotional˺ justice between your wives—no matter how keen you are. So do not totally incline towards one leaving the other in suspense. And if you do what is right and are mindful ˹of Allah˺, surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Word by word

وَلَن
walan
And never
Vocabulary
تَسۡتَطِيعُوٓاْ
tastaṭīʿū
will you be able
Vocabulary
Root: طوع
أَن
an
to
Vocabulary
تَعۡدِلُواْ
taʿdilū
deal justly
Vocabulary
Root: عدل
بَيۡنَ
bayna
between
Vocabulary
Root: بين
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
[the] women
Vocabulary
Root: نسو
وَلَوۡ
walaw
even if
Vocabulary
حَرَصۡتُمۡۖ
ḥaraṣtum
you desired
Vocabulary
Root: حرص
فَلَا
falā
but (do) not
Vocabulary
تَمِيلُواْ
tamīlū
incline
Vocabulary
Root: ميل
كُلَّ
kulla
(with) all
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
ٱلۡمَيۡلِ
l-mayli
the inclination
Vocabulary
Root: ميل
فَتَذَرُوهَا
fatadharūhā
and leave her (the other)
Vocabulary
Root: وذر
كَٱلۡمُعَلَّقَةِۚ
kal-muʿalaqati
like the suspended one
Vocabulary
Root: علق
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
Vocabulary
تُصۡلِحُواْ
tuṣ'liḥū
you reconcile
Vocabulary
Root: صلح
وَتَتَّقُواْ
watattaqū
and fear (Allah)
Vocabulary
Root: وقي
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
كَانَ
kāna
is
Vocabulary
Root: كون
غَفُورٗا
ghafūran
Oft-Forgiving
Vocabulary
Root: غفر
رَّحِيمٗا
raḥīman
Most Merciful
Vocabulary
Root: رحم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.