The Quran

سورة النِّسَاء

Surah Al-Nisâ’ 4:53

The Women · Verse 53 of 176

أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ فَإِذًا لَا يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِيرًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

They have no share in the kingdom. If they had they would not give the people (even so much as) the little groove in a date-stone.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

Have they a share in the kingdom? (If they had,) they would never have given an iota to the people.

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Ali Unal

Or do they have a share in the sovereignty (ownership and dominion of the heavens and the earth, so that they claim some privileged position in God’s sight and a right to guidance, Prophethood, and rule on the earth)? If that were so, they would not give people even as much as (would fill) the groove of a date-stone.

Daryabadi

Is theirs a portion of the dominion? In that case, they would not give the people a speck.

Faridul Haque

Do they have some share in the kingship?- if it were, they would not give to mankind even a single sesame.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or have they a share in the kingdom? But then they would not give to people even the speck on a date-stone.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Have they a share in the kingdom? Then they would not give men even so much as a the little hollow in the back of a date-stone.

Muhammad Asad

Have they, perchance, a share in [God's] dominion? But [if they had], lo, they would not give to other people as much as [would fill] the groove of a date-stone!

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad 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.

Muhammad Sarwar

Even if they had a share in the Kingdom (Divine authority), they would not have given the smallest thing to anyone.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or have they a share in the kingdom? But then they would not give to people even the speck in the date stone.

Rashad Khalifa

Do they own a share of the sovereignty? If they did, they would not give the people as much as a grain.

Shabbir Ahmed

Do the people who make claims of divination and clairvoyance have a share in the Divine Kingdom? But if they did, they would not give humanity as much as a grain.