# 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 42

- **Surah:** 4. Surah An-Nisa (The Women) — سورة النساء
- **Verse:** 42 / 176 · **Juz:** 5 · **Mushaf page:** 84
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-42

## Arabic

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَعَصَوُا الرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوّٰى بِهِمُ الْاَرْضُۜ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللّٰهَ حَد۪يثاً۟

## Transcription

Yawma-ithin yawaddu allatheenakafaroo waAAasawoo arrasoola law tusawwabihimu al-ardu wala yaktumoona Allaha hadeetha

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

On that day those who were kafir and disobeyed the Messenger will wish that they were one with the level earth. They will not be able to hide a single circumstance from Allah.

### Progressive Muslims

On that Day those who rejected and disobeyed the messenger will wish that the Earth would swallow them; but they cannot hide anything said from God.

### Shabbir Ahmed

On that Day, those who denied the Truth and paid no heed to the Messenger will wish that they were level with the ground. But not a single utterance or event could they hide from Allah.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

That day, those who ignore warning and oppose the Messenger will wish that the earth might be levelled with them; and they will not conceal from God any statement.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

On that Day those who rejected and disobeyed the messenger will wish that the earth would swallow them; but they cannot hide any narrative from God.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

On that day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the messenger will wish that they were level with the ground; not a single utterance will they be able to hide from GOD.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Prophet, shall wish they were levelled with the dust, and shall not be able to conceal a thing from God.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

That Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allah a [single] statement.

### Muhammad Asad

Those who were bent on denying the truth and paid no heed to the Apostle will on that Day wish that the earth would swallow them: but they shall not [be able to] conceal from God anything that has happened.

### Marmaduke Pickthall

On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the messenger will wish that they were level with the ground, and they can hide no fact from Allah.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

Those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish on that Day that the earth were levelled with them. They will not be able to conceal anything from Allah.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

There and then shall those who denied Allah and/or His statutes and disobeyed the Messenger, wish they could be leveled in the dust, and not one fact can they hide from Allah. Intoxicants were forbidden in stages, here and elsewhere: 2:219, 5:90/91 If on the road and spiritually unconditioned and there is no water to bathe, then ablution -real or metaphoric - becomes an obligation.

### Bijan Moeinian

On that Day, those who chose the [convenience of] disbelief and disobeyed the Prophet of God, will [be so ashamed that they will] wish they were level with earth as all their [shameful] words [and action] will be publicly displayed.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) will wish that they were buried in the earth, but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allâh.[1]

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the messenger will wish that the earth Were made one with them: But never will they hide a single fact from Allah!

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

On that Day, those who denied ˹Allah˺ and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they were reduced to dust. And they will never be able to hide anything from Allah.[1]

### Taqi Usmani

On that Day, those who have disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger shall wish that the earth were leveled with them. They shall not (be able to) conceal anything from Allah.

### Abdul Haleem

On that day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Prophet will wish that the earth could swallow them up: they will not be able to hide anything from God.

### Arthur John Arberry

Upon that day the unbelievers, those who have disobeyed the Messenger, will wish that the earth might be levelled with them; and they will not conceal from God one tiding.

### E. Henry Palmer

on the day when those who misbelieve and rebel against the Apostle would fain that the earth were levelled with them? but they cannot hide the news from God.

### Hamid S. Aziz

On the day when those who disbelieve and rebel against the Messenger would wish that they were levelled with the earth, but they cannot hide the facts from Allah.

### Mahmoud Ghali

Upon that Day, (the ones) who have disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger do like that the earth were leveled with them; and they will not keep back from Allah any discourse (i. e. about any happening).

### George Sale

In that day they who have not believed, and have rebelled against the apostle of God, shall wish the earth was levelled with them; and they shall not be able to hide any matter from God.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

On that Day, those who reject Faith and disobey the messenger (Muhammad) will wish that they were buried in the earth: But never will they hide a single fact from Allah!

### Amatul Rahman Omar

On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger would wish that the earth were made level with them. They shall not be able to conceal anything from Allâh.

### Ali Quli Qarai

On that day those who were faithless and [who] disobeyed the Apostle will wish the earth were levelled with them, and they will not conceal any matter from Allah.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

O süreçte hakikati inkar edenler ve Rasule asi olanlar, yerin kendilerini yutarak yok etmesini isterler. Allah'tan hiçbir şeyi gizleyemeyeceklerdir.

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

O gün, küfre sapıp da elçiye isyan edenler, yerle bir olmayı 'severek isteyecekler.' Oysa Allah'tan hiç bir sözü gizleyemezler.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

İnkar edenler ve peygambere asi olanlar, o gün yerin dibine batırılmayı temenni ederler ve Allah'tan hiçbir haberi gizleyemezler.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

O kıyamet günü, Allah'ı inkar edip Peygamber'e isyan edenler, yer yarılıp içine girmiş olmayı isterler ve Allah'tan hiçbir söz gizleyemezler.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

İşte o gün öyle arzu edecek o küfredib Peygambere asi olanlar ki keşke hak ile yeksan edilselerdi de Allaha bir sözü ketmetmeselerdi

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

İşte o gün inkar edip peygambere asi olanlar şöyle arzu edecekler: Keşke yerle bir edilselerdi de Allah'tan bir tek söz gizlemeselerdi.

### Gültekin Onan

O gün, küfredip elçiye isyan edenler, yerle bir olmayı 'severek isteyecekler' Oysa Tanrı'dan hiç bir sözü gizleyemezler.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

(Allahın birliğini inkar ve) küfr edenlerle o peygambere asi olanlar o gün hak ile yeksan edilselerdi de Allahdan bir sözü gizlememiş olsalardı temennisinde bulunacakdır.

### İbni Kesir

İşte o gün, küfredip Rasul'e asi olanlar, isterlerdi ki; yerle bir olsalardı da Allah'dan o bir sözü gizlememiş bulunsalardı.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Hakikati inkara şartlanmış olanlar ve Peygambere itaatsizlik yapanlar o gün toprağın kendilerini yutmasını isteyecekler; ama onlar, olup biten hiçbir şeyi Allahtan gizle(ye)meyeceklerdir.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

O gün, küfre sapıp da Peygambere isyan edenler, yerle bir olmayı severek isteyecekler ve Allah'tan hiç bir sözü gizleyemeyecekler.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Nankörlük edip, (Allah'ın) Elçi(sin)e karşı gelenler, o gün yerin dibine geçirilmeyi isterler ve Allah'tan hiçbir söz gizleyemezler.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Bir gündür ki o, küfre sapıp resule isyan edenler toprağa karışıp gitmeyi isteyecekler ve Allah'tan hiçbir sözü gizleyemeyecekler.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

O gün hakikati inkar edenler ve Peygamber'e karşı çıkanlar, yerin dibine geçmeyi temenni ederler; fakat onlar hiçbir şeyi Allah'tan gizleyemezler.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Nankörlük edip rasule karşı çıkanlar, izin günü yerle bir olmayı isterler ve Allah'tan hiçbir söz gizleyemezler.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

O gün, nankörlük edenler ve elçiye karşı gelenler, yerin dibine girmek isterler. Çünkü hiçbir sözü -hadisi- Allah'tan gizleyemezler.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Ayetleri görmezden gelenler (kafirler) ve elçiye baş kaldırmış bulunanlar, o gün toprağa karışıp kaybolmuş olmayı ne kadar çok isterler. Çünkü Allah'tan hiçbir sözü gizleyemeyeceklerdir.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

İnkâr edip Elçi'ye isyan edenler, o gün yer(in dibin)e batırılmayı isterler; Allah'tan hiçbir haberi gizleyemezler.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Bu ayet peygambere isyanın ve peygambersiz din algısının sonuçlarından birisini vermektedir.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Nankörlük edip resule karşı çıkanlar, izin günü[1] yerle bir olmayı isterler ve Allah'tan hiçbir sözü gizleyemezler.

_Footnotes_
- [1] "Yevme izin", terkibi, "Allah'ın belirlediği ilke ve kuralların geçerli olduğu gün, "

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Nankörlük edip Resul'e karşı çıkanlar, O Gün[1] yerle bir olmayı isterler ve Allah'tan hiçbir sözü gizleyemezler.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Hesap sorma zamanı, yalnızca Allah'ın belirlediği ilke ve kuralların geçerli olduğu gün.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Kafirlik edip resule[1] /elçinin getirdiğine karşı gelenler, o gün toprağa karışıp gitmiş olmayı çok isterler.[2] Allah'tan tek bir sözü bile gizleyemezler.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Resul kelimesinin anlamı ile ilgili olarak bkz. [Nisa 4/13](https://quran.so/4/13) dipnotu.
- [2] [Furkan 25/13,](https://quran.so/25/13) [Hakka 69/25](https://quran.so/69/25)-[27,](https://quran.so/69/27) [Nebe 78/40,](https://quran.so/78/40) [İnşikak 84/10](https://quran.so/84/10)-[11.](https://quran.so/84/11)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَوْمَئِذٍۢ — yawma-idhin | (On) that Day | — |
| 2 | يَوَدُّ — yawaddu | will wish | ودد — Vav-Dal-Dal |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَ — alladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟ — kafarū | disbelieved | كفر — Kef-Fe-Ra |
| 5 | وَعَصَوُا۟ — waʿaṣawū | and disobeyed | عصي — Ayn-Sad-Ye |
| 6 | ٱلرَّسُولَ — l-rasūla | the Messenger | رسل — Ra-Sin-Lam |
| 7 | لَوْ — law | if | — |
| 8 | تُسَوَّىٰ — tusawwā | was leveled | سوي — Sin-Vav-Ye |
| 9 | بِهِمُ — bihimu | with them | — |
| 10 | ٱلْأَرْضُ — l-arḍu | the earth | ارض — Elif-Ra-Dad |
| 11 | وَلَا — walā | and not | — |
| 12 | يَكْتُمُونَ — yaktumūna | they will (be able to) hide | كتم — Kef-Te-Mim |
| 13 | ٱللَّهَ — l-laha | (from) Allah | — |
| 14 | حَدِيثًۭا — ḥadīthan | (any) statement | حدث — Ha-Dal-Se |

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