Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:240

2:240

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَٰجًا وَصِيَّةً لِّأَزْوَٰجِهِم مَّتَـٰعًا إِلَى ٱلْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ ۚ فَإِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى مَا فَعَلْنَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِنَّ مِن مَّعْرُوفٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

wa-alladhīna yutawaffawna minkum wayadharūna azwājan waṣiyyatan li-azwājihim matāʿan ilā l-ḥawli ghayra ikh'rājin fa-in kharajna falā junāḥa ʿalaykum fī mā faʿalna fī anfusihinna min maʿrūfin wal-lahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - for their wives is a bequest: maintenance for one year without turning [them] out. But if they leave [of their own accord], then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable way. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

— Saheeh International

If any of you die and leave widows, make a bequest for them: a year’s maintenance and no expulsion from their homes [for that time]. But if they leave of their own accord, you will not be blamed for what they may reasonably choose to do with themselves: God is almighty and wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those of you who die and leave behind wives should bequeath for their wives a year’s maintenance and residence without turning them out, but if they (wives) leave, there is no sin on you for that which they do of themselves, provided it is honourable (e.g. lawful marriage). And Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
يُتَوَفَّوْنَyutawaffawnadie
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
وَيَذَرُونَwayadharūnaand leave behind
أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan(their) wives
وَصِيَّةًۭwaṣiyyatan(should make) a will
لِّأَزْوَٰجِهِمli-azwājihimfor their wives
مَّتَـٰعًاmatāʿanprovision
إِلَىilāfor
ٱلْحَوْلِl-ḥawlithe year
غَيْرَghayrawithout
إِخْرَاجٍۢۚikh'rājindriving (them) out
فَإِنْfa-inBut if
خَرَجْنَkharajnathey leave
فَلَاfalāthen no
جُنَاحَjunāḥablame
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
فِىfīin
مَاmāwhat
فَعَلْنَfaʿalnathey do
فِىٓfīconcerning
أَنفُسِهِنَّanfusihinnathemselves
مِنmin[of]
مَّعْرُوفٍۢۗmaʿrūfinhonorably
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise