Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:180

2:180

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِن تَرَكَ خَيْرًا ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

kutiba ʿalaykum idhā ḥaḍara aḥadakumu l-mawtu in taraka khayran l-waṣiyatu lil'wālidayni wal-aqrabīna bil-maʿrūfi ḥaqqan ʿalā l-mutaqīna

Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.

— Saheeh International

it is prescribed that he should make a proper bequest to parents and close relatives- a duty incumbent on those who are mindful of God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is prescribed for you, when death approaches any of you, if he leaves wealth, that he makes a bequest to parents and next of kin, according to reasonable manners. (This is) a duty upon Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2: 2).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

كُتِبَkutibaPrescribed
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
إِذَاidhāwhen
حَضَرَḥaḍaraapproaches
أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumuany of you
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
إِنinif
تَرَكَtarakahe leaves
خَيْرًاkhayrangood
ٱلْوَصِيَّةُl-waṣiyatu(making) the will
لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِlil'wālidaynifor the parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the near relatives
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِۖbil-maʿrūfiwith due fairness
حَقًّاḥaqqana duty
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous ones