# Quran 4:36 — Surah An-Nisa' (The Women), Verse 36

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
۞ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُشۡرِكُواْ بِهِۦ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ إِحۡسَٰنٗا وَبِذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱلۡجَارِ ذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡجَارِ ٱلۡجُنُبِ وَٱلصَّاحِبِ بِٱلۡجَنۢبِ وَٱبۡنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ مُخۡتَالٗا فَخُورًا

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
وَاعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوْا بِهٖ شَیْـًٔا وَّبِالْوَالِدَیْنِ اِحْسَانًا وَّبِذِی الْقُرْبٰی وَالْیَتٰمٰی وَالْمَسٰكِیْنِ وَالْجَارِ ذِی الْقُرْبٰی وَالْجَارِ الْجُنُبِ وَالصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنْۢبِ وَابْنِ السَّبِیْلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ اَیْمَانُكُمْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یُحِبُّ مَنْ كَانَ مُخْتَالًا فَخُوْرَا ۟

## Transliteration
Wa'budul laaha wa laa tushrikoo bihee shai'anw wa bilwaalidaini ihsaananw wa bizil qurbaa walyataamaa walmasaakeeni waljaari zilqurbaa waljaaril junubi wassaahibi biljambi wabnis sabeeli wa maa malakat aimaanukum; innal laaha laa yuhibbu man kaana mukhtaalan fakhooraa

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;-

**Citation:** Quran, Surah An-Nisa' 4:36 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Topics:** [Travellers](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/travellers.md) · [Friends](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/friends.md) · [Neighbours](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/neighbours.md) · [Orphans](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/orphans.md) · [Parents](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/parents.md) · [Poor & Needy](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/poor-needy.md) · [Relatives](https://deen.global/quran/topics/relationships-rights/relatives.md) · [Humility](https://deen.global/quran/topics/virtues-conduct/humility.md)

**Context:** Surah An-Nisa' is a medinan surah with 176 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-an-nisa.md
Previous verse: https://deen.global/quran/4/35.md
Next verse: https://deen.global/quran/4/37.md
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