The Quran

سورة النِّسَاء

Surah Al-Nisâ’ 4:98

The Women · Verse 98 of 176

إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

Different however is the case of those (actually) weak - men, women and children, who can find no device, nor means (to emigrate).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed - men, women, and children - who have no means in their power, nor (a guide-post) to their way.

Ahmed Ali

But those who are helpless, men, women and children, who can neither contrive a plan nor do they know the way,

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Ali Unal

Except those truly oppressed among the men, and the women, and the children altogether without means and not guided to a way (to emigrate, and including those who, in their lifetime, have not had a means to be guided to faith).

Daryabadi

Excepting the weak ones among men, women and children, unable to find a stratagem and not guided to a way.

Faridul Haque

Except those who were forcibly subdued among men, and the women and children, unable to devise a plan and unaware of the way.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Except the weak from among the men and the women and the children who have not the means, nor can they find a way (to escape);

Maulvi Sher Ali

Except such weak ones among men, women and children, as are incapable of adopting any plan or of finding any way to escape.

Muhammad Asad

But excepted shall be the truly helpless - be they men or women or children - who cannot bring forth any strength and have not been shown the right way

Muhammad Musin Khan

Except the weak ones among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan, nor are they able to direct their way.

Muhammad Pickthall

Except the feeble among men, and the women, and the children, who are unable to devise a plan and are not shown a way.

Muhammad Sarwar

As for the really weak and oppressed men, women, and children who were not able to find any means of obtaining their freedom or of having the right guidance,

Muhammed ali Shakir

Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in their power the means nor can they find a way (to escape);

Rashad Khalifa

Exempted are the weak men, women, and children who do not possess the strength, nor the means to find a way out.

Shabbir Ahmed

Exempted are the feeble, whether men or women, and children who are unable to devise a plan and to find a way out.