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An-Nisa 4:5

وَلَا تُؤۡتُواْ ٱلسُّفَهَآءَ أَمۡوَٰلَكُمُ ٱلَّتِي جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ قِيَٰمٗا وَٱرۡزُقُوهُمۡ فِيهَا وَٱكۡسُوهُمۡ وَقُولُواْ لَهُمۡ قَوۡلٗا مَّعۡرُوفٗا

Do not entrust the incapable ˹among your dependants˺ with your wealth which Allah has made a means of support for you—but feed and clothe them from it, and speak to them kindly.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تُؤۡتُواْ
tu'tū
give
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ٱلسُّفَهَآءَ
l-sufahāa
the foolish
Vocabulary
Root: سفه
أَمۡوَٰلَكُمُ
amwālakumu
your wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
ٱلَّتِي
allatī
which
Vocabulary
جَعَلَ
jaʿala
(was) made
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
Vocabulary
قِيَٰمٗا
qiyāman
a means of support
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
وَٱرۡزُقُوهُمۡ
wa-ur'zuqūhum
(but) provide (for) them
Vocabulary
Root: رزق
فِيهَا
fīhā
with it
Vocabulary
وَٱكۡسُوهُمۡ
wa-ik'sūhum
and clothe them
Vocabulary
Root: كسو
وَقُولُواْ
waqūlū
and speak
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَهُمۡ
lahum
to them
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قَوۡلٗا
qawlan
words
Vocabulary
Root: قول
مَّعۡرُوفٗا
maʿrūfan
(of) kindness
Vocabulary
Root: عرف

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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.