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Surah 4. An-Nisaa', Ayah 98

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إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا Qur’an An-Nisaa' (4:98)

Ill a almusta d AAafeena mina a l rrij a li wa al nnis a i wa a lwild a ni l a yasta t eeAAoona h eelatan wal a yahtadoona sabeel a n

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:¹²⁵

- Mohammad Asad

However, those helpless men, women and children who have neither the means to migrate nor strength to escape,

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Except helpless men, women, and children who cannot afford a way out-

- Mustafa Khattab

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

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. ⁶¹⁶

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali