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Quran Maqasid

نِساء

نساء in the Quran

Meaning: the women

نساء occurs 59 times in 53 verses across 16 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
59
Verses
53
Surahs
16

نِساء

Noun · 59 times

Meaning: the women · Also translated as: [the] women, your women, your wives, women

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلنِّسَآءَ ×24
  • نِسَآئِكُمْ ×5
  • نِسَآءِ ×4
  • وَنِسَآءً ×4
  • نِسَآءَكُمْ ×3
  • نِّسَآئِهِمْ ×3
  • نِسَآءَهُمْ ×3
  • وَلِلنِّسَآءِ ×2

Its root in the classical dictionaries

النسوة والنسوة، بالكسر والضم، والنساء والنسوان والنسوان: جمع المرأة من غير لفظه، كما يقال خلفة ومخاض وذلك وأولئك والنسون قال ابن سيده: والنساء جمع نسوة إذا كثرن، ولذلك قال سيبويه في الإضافة إلى نساء نسوي، فرده إلى واحده، وتصغير نسوة نسية، ويقال نسيات، وهو تصغير الجمع. والنسا: عرق من الورك إلى الكعب، ألفه منقلبة عن واو…

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Verses with نساء

Verses 21–40 of 53

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:— Your mothers, daughters, Sisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, Sister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; Your wives’ mothers; Your step-daughters under your Guardianship, born of your wives To whom ye have gone in, No prohibition if ye have not gone in;— (Those who have been) Wives of your sons proceeding From your loins; And two sisters in wedlock At one and the same time, Except for what is past; For God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;—

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:23
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Also (prohibited are) Women already married, Except those Whom your right hands possess: Thus hath God ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these, all others Are lawful, provided Ye seek (them in marriage) With gifts from your property,— Desiring chastity, not lust. Seeing that ye derive Benefit from them, give them Their dowers (at least) As prescribed; but if, After a dower is prescribed, ye agree Mutually (to vary it), There is no blame on you, And God is All-knowing All-wise.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:24
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And in no wise covet Those things in which God Hath bestowed His gifts More freely on some of you Than on others: to men Is allotted what they earn, And to women what they earn: But ask God of His bounty. For God hath full knowledge Of all things.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:32
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Men are the protectors And maintainers of women, Because God has given The one more (strength) Than the other, and because They support them From their means. Therefore the righteous women Are devoutly obedient, and guard In (the husband's) absence What God would have them guard. As to those women On whose part ye fear Disloyalty and ill-conduct, Admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); But if they return to obedience, Seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For God is Most High, Great (above you all).

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:34
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Approach not prayers With a mind befogged, Until ye can understand All that ye say, Nor in a state Of ceremonial impurity (Except when travelling on the road), Until after washing Your whole body. If ye are ill, Or on a journey, Or one of you cometh From offices of nature, Or ye have been In contact with women, And ye find no water, Then take for yourselves Clean sand or earth, And rub therewith Your faces and hands. For God doth blot out sins And forgive again and again.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:43
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    And why should ye not Fight in the cause of God And of those who, being weak, Are ill-treated (and oppressed)?— Men, women, and children, Whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, Whose people are oppressors; And raise for us from Thee One who will protect; And raise for us from Thee One who will help!"

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:75
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Except those who are (Really) weak and oppressed— Men, women, and children— Who have no means In their power, nor (a guide-post) To direct their way.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:98
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    They ask thy instruction Concerning the Women Say: God doth Instruct you about them: And (remember) what hath Been rehearsed unto you In the Book, concerning The orphans of women to whom Ye give not the portions Prescribed, and yet whom ye Desire to marry, as also Concerning the children Who are weak and oppressed: That ye stand firm For justice to orphans. There is not a good deed Which ye do, but God Is well-acquainted therewith.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:127
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Ye are never able To be fair and just As between women, Even if it is Your ardent desire: But turn not away (From a woman) altogether, So as to leave her (as it were) Hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly Understanding, and practise Self-restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:129
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    They ask thee For a legal decision. Say: God directs (thus) About those who leave No descendants or ascendants As heirs. If it is a man That dies, leaving a sister But no child, she shall Have half the inheritance: If (such a deceased was) A woman, who left no child, Her brother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, They shall have two-thirds Of the inheritance (Between them): if there are Brothers and sisters, (they share), The male having twice The share of the female. Thus doth God make clear To you (His law), lest Ye err. And God Hath knowledge of all things.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:176
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! When ye prepare For prayer, wash Your faces, and your hands (And arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); And (wash) your feet To the ankles. If ye are in a state Of ceremonial impurity, Bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, Or on a journey, Or one of you cometh From offices of nature, Or ye have been In contact with women, And ye find no water, Then take for yourselves Clean sand or earth, And rub therewith Your faces and hands. God doth not wish To place you in a difficulty, But to make you clean, And to complete His favour to you, That ye may be grateful.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:6
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    "For ye practise your lusts On men in preference To women: ye are indeed A people transgressing Beyond bounds."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:81
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's People: "Wilt thou leave Moses and his people, To spread mischief in the land, And to abandon thee And thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we Slay; (only) their females Will we save alive; And we have over them (Power) irresistible."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:127
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    And remember We rescued you From Pharaoh's people, Who afflicted you with The worst of penalties, Who slew your male children And saved alive your females: In that was a momentous Trial from your Lord.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:141
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) ’Aziz Is seeking to seduce her slave From his (true) self: Truly hath he inspired her With violent love: we see She is evidently going astray."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:30
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the messenger Came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, And ask him, "What is The state of mind Of the ladies Who cut their hands?" For my Lord is Certainly well aware Of their snare."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:50
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Remember! Moses said To his people: "Call to mind The favour of God to you When He delivered you From the people of Pharaoh: They set you hard tasks And punishments, slaughtered Your sons, and let your women-folk Live: therein was A tremendous trial from your Lord."

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:6
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And say to the believing women That they should lower Their gaze and guard Their modesty; that they Should not display their Beauty and ornaments except What (must ordinarily) appear Thereof; that they should Draw their veils over Their bosoms and not display Their beauty except To their husbands, their fathers, Their husbands’ fathers, their sons, Their husbands’ sons, Their brothers or their brothers’ sons, Or their sisters’ sons, Or their women, or the slaves Whom their right hands Possess, or male servants Free of physical needs, Or small children who Have no sense of the shame Of sex; and that they Should not strike their feet In order to draw attention To their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together Towards God, that ye May attain Bliss.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:31
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Such elderly women as are Past the prospect of marriage,— There is no blame on them If they lay aside Their (outer) garments, provided They make not a wanton display Of their beauty: but It is best for them To be modest: and God Is One Who sees and knows All things.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:60
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Would ye really approach men In your lusts rather than Women? Nay, ye are A people (grossly) ignorant!

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:55