Quran 4 : 39

And what (is) against them if they believed in Allah and the Day the Last and spent from what (has) provided them Allah? And is Allah about them All-Knower.
وَمَاذَا
Wamādhā
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿAlayhim
لَوْ
Law
ءَامَنُوا۟
ʾĀmanūa
بِٱللَّهِ
Biallahi
وَٱلْيَوْمِ
Waalyawmi
ٱلْءَاخِرِ
Alʾākhiri
وَأَنفَقُوا۟
Waanfaqūa
مِمَّا
Mimmā
رَزَقَهُمُ
Razaqahumu
ٱللَّهُ
Allahu
وَكَانَ
Wakāna
ٱللَّهُ
Allahu
بِهِمْ
Bihim
عَلِيمًا
ʿAlīmana

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

What would bother them if they believed in God and the Last Day and spent from the provisions of God? God is aware of them.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And what burden Were it on them if they had faith in Allah and in the Last Day, and they spent out of what Allah hath given them for sustenance? For Allah hath full knowledge of them

Wahiduddin Khan

What harm could befall them if they believed in God and the Last Day, and spent out of what God bestowed on them? God knows them well

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And what [harm would come] upon them if they believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent out of what Allah provided for them? And Allah is ever, about them, Knowing

The Wise Quran

What harm would it do them if they believed in God and the Last Day, and spent of what God has provided them? And God knows about them.

The Study Quran

What harm would it have done them were they to believe in God and the Last Day, and spend of that which God has provided them. God knows them well

Talal Itani (2012)

What would they have lost, had they believed in God and the Last Day, and gave out of what God has provided for them? God knows them very well

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

What harm would befall them if they believed in God and the Last Day, and donated from what God has provided them? God is fully aware of them.

T.B.Irving

What does it matter for them whether they believe in God and the Last Day and spend something from what God has supplied them with? God is Aware of them!

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And what is the burden on them if they had Faith in Allah and in the Last Day, and they spend out of what Allah has given to them for living? For Allah is All Knowing (Aleem) of them

Sher Ali

And what harm would have befallen them if they have believed in ALLAH and the Last Day and spend out of what ALLAH has given them? And ALLAH knows them well

Shakir

And what (harm) would it have done them if they had believed in Allah and the last day and spent (benevolently) of what Allah had given them? And Allah knows them

Shabbir Ahmed

What have they to fear if they believe in Allah and the Last Day and spend of what Allah has given them? Allah is ever Aware of them

Samy Mahdy

And, what upon them if they believed with Allah and the Last Day and spent from what Allah had livelihood for them? And Allah is ever by them, Knowledgeable.

Safi Kaskas

What harm would it be to them to believe in God and the Last Day, and give charitably from what God has given to them? God knows them well.

Rashad Khalifa

Why do they not believe in GOD and the Last Day, and give from GOD's provisions to them? GOD is fully aware of them.

N J Dawood 2014

What could harm them if they believed in God and the Last Day and gave in alms from that which God bestowed on them? Surely God knows them well

Mustaqim

And what harm would it have done them if they believed in Allah and the last day and spent of that what Allah provided for them, and Allah knows about them.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

What harm could have come to them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day and donated from what Allah has provided for them? And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of them.

Musharraf Hussain

What harm would it do them if they believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent in charity from what Allah has provided them? Allah knows them well

MunirMezyed2023

What harm could have come to them if they had believed in Allâh and the Last Day, and expended of what Allâh bestowed upon them?. Allâh is All- Aware of what they do.

Munir Mezyed

What harm would have been upon them if they had believed in Allâh and in the ‘Last Day’, and expended of what Allâh bestowed upon them? Allâh is All- Aware of all that they do.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

What harm was there for them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent out of what Allah had given them. Allah knows all about them

Muhammad Sarwar

How could it have harmed them if they had believed in God and the Last Day and spent their property for the cause of God? God knows them very wel

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

What have they (to fear) if they believe in Allah and the Last Day and spend (aright) of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them, when Allah is ever Aware of them (and all they do)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And what would it (harm) them (Literally: how could it be "taken" against them) if they believed in Allah and the Last Day, and expended of whatever Allah has provided them? And of them Allah has been Ever-Knowing

Muhammad Asad

And what would they have to fear if they would but believe in God and the Last Day, and spend [in His way] out of what God has granted them as sustenance - since God has indeed full knowledge of them

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And what (is) on them if they believed with God, and the Day the Last/Resurrection Day, and they spent from what God provided for them, and God was/is with them knowledgeable

Mohammad Shafi

And what calamity would befall them, had they believed in Allah and the Hereafter and spent out of what Allah had given them!? And Allah does know them very well

Mir Aneesuddin

And what (loss would have been there) on them had they believed in Allah and the period hereafter and spent from that which Allah had provided for them, when Allah is knowing about them?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And what (harm) would it do them if they believe in Allah and the Last Day and spend of that which Allah has given them? And Allah is ever Knower of them

Maududi

What harm would have befallen them if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent on charity what Allah had bestowed upon them as sustenance? For Allah indeed has full knowledge of them

Linda "iLham" Barto

What would they lose if they did believe in Allah and the last day and spent [in charity] from what Allah has provided them? Allah is well aware of them.

John Medows Rodwell

But what blessedness would be theirs, if they should believe in God and in the last day, and bestow alms out of what God hath vouchsafed them; for God taketh knowledge of them

Irving/Hegab

What does it matter for them whether they believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day and spend something from what Allah (God) has supplied them with? Allah (God) is Aware of them!

Hilali - Khan

And what loss have they if they had believed in Allah and in the Last Day, and they spend out of what Allah has given them for sustenance? And Allah is Ever AllKnower of them

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

What (harm) could befall them if they believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent of what Allah provided them with? Allah is Knowledgeable of them all

Hamid S. Aziz

What harm would it do them if they believed in Allah and in the Last Day, and expended in alms of what Allah has provided them? But Allah has full Knowledge about them

George Sale

And what harm would befall them if they should believe in God, and the last day, and give alms out of that which God hath bestowed on them? Since God knoweth them who do this

Fode Drame

And what is wrong for them had they believed in Allah and in the last day and had spent from that which Allah had provided for them. And Allah indeed is All-knowing about them.

Faridul Haque

And what would they lose, if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day and spent from what Allah has bestowed upon them? And Allah knows them very well

Edward Henry Palmer

What harm would it do them if they believed in God and in the last day, and expended in alms of what God has provided them with? but God knows about them

Dr. Munir Munshey

What harm could have come to them, if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and had spent a little out of the sustenance Allah had granted them? Allah is well-Aware of them

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And what loss would they have suffered, if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent (in His way) of what Allah had given them? And Allah is Well Aware of them (i.e., their state of affairs)

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And what would be for them if they believed in God and the Last Day and spent out of what God provided them? God had been Knowing of them.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And what is that which affects them, had they Believed in Allah and the Last Day and they spent out of what Allah provided them as sustenance? And Allah is All-Aware of them

Corpus.Quran

And what (is) against them if they believed in Allah and the Day the Last and spent from what (has) provided them Allah And is Allah about them All-Knower

Bilal Muhammad 2018

And how will it harm them if they had faith in God and in the Last Day, and if they spent from what God has given them for sustenance? And God has full knowledge of them

Bijan Moeinian

What harm would have come upon them, if they had chosen to believe in God and the Last Day and spent in charity out of what God had given them [at first place]? Do they not understand that God is totally aware of what they do

Bakhtiari Nejad

What would be their disadvantage if they believe in God and the Last Day and spend (in God's way) from what God has provided them? God is knowledgeable about them.

Arthur John Arberry

Why, what would it harm them, if they believed in God and the Last Day, and expended of that God has provided them? God knows them

Amatul Rahman Omar

Why, what (harm) could come to them if they believed in Allah and in the Last Day and spent from that which Allah had provided them? Indeed, Allah knows them full well

Ali Ünal

Why, what (harm) would fall upon them, if they believed in God and the Last Day, and spent out of what God has provided for them (purely for the pleasure of God), and God has full knowledge of them (of what they believe in and what they spend)

Ali Quli Qara'i

What harm would it have done them had they believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spent out of what Allah has provided them? Allah knows them well

Aisha Bewley

What harm would it have done them to have had iman in Allah and the Last Day and to have given of what Allah has provided for them? Allah knows everything about them.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And what was the harm, if they would have faith in Allah and the Last Day and spent out of what Allah has given them? And Allah knows them.

Ahmed Hulusi

What would they have lost had they believed in Allah, the creator of their essence with His Names, and the eternal life to come, and given to others from what Allah has provided for them? Allah, as the One comprising their essence, is the Aleem.

Ahmed Ali

Would something have befallen them if they had believed in God and the Last Day, and spent of what has been given them by God? God is fully aware of all they do

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And what would befall them were they to believe in Allah and the Last Day and expend out of that wherewith Allah hath provided them? And of them Allah is ever the Knower

Abdul Hye

And what loss they would have if they had believed in Allah and the Last Day, and spend out what Allah has given them for sustenance? Allah is All-Knower of them.

Abdel Haleem

What harm would it do them to believe in God and the Last Day, and give charitably from the sustenance God has given them? God knows them well