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Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:12

4:12

۞ وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَٰجُكُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُنَّ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَلَكُمُ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِينَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۚ وَلَهُنَّ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّكُمْ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ ٱلثُّمُنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُم ۚ مِّنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ تُوصُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۗ وَإِن كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلَـٰلَةً أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ وَلَهُۥٓ أَخٌ أَوْ أُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ فَإِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فِى ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَىٰ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَآرٍّ ۚ وَصِيَّةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ

walakum niṣ'fu mā taraka azwājukum in lam yakun lahunna waladun fa-in kāna lahunna waladun falakumu l-rubuʿu mimmā tarakna min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣīna bihā aw daynin walahunna l-rubuʿu mimmā taraktum in lam yakun lakum waladun fa-in kāna lakum waladun falahunna l-thumunu mimmā taraktum min baʿdi waṣiyyatin tūṣūna bihā aw daynin wa-in kāna rajulun yūrathu kalālatan awi im'ra-atun walahu akhun aw ukh'tun falikulli wāḥidin min'humā l-sudusu fa-in kānū akthara min dhālika fahum shurakāu fī l-thuluthi min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣā bihā aw daynin ghayra muḍārrin waṣiyyatan mina l-lahi wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥalīmun

You inherit half of what your wives leave, if they have no children; if they have children, you inherit a quarter. [In all cases, the distribution comes] after payment of any bequests or debts. If you have no children, your wives’ share is a quarter; if you have children, your wives get an eighth. [In all cases, the distribution comes] after payment of any bequests or debts. If a man or a woman dies leaving no children or parents, but a single brother or sister, he or she should take one-sixth of the inheritance; if there are more siblings, they share one-third between them. [In all cases, the distribution comes] after payment of any bequests or debts, with no harm done to anyone: this is a commandment from God: God is all knowing and benign to all.

In that which your wives leave, your share is a half if they have no child; but if they leave a child, you get a fourth of that which they leave after payment of legacies that they may have bequeathed or debts. In that which you leave, their (your wives) share is a fourth if you leave no child; but if you leave a child, they get an eighth of that which you leave after payment of legacies that you may have bequeathed or debts. If the man or woman whose inheritance is in question has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has left a brother or a sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a third, after payment of legacies he (or she) may have bequeathed or debts, so that no loss is caused (to anyone). This is a Commandment from Allâh; and Allâh is Ever All-Knowing, Most-Forbearing.

Juz 4Page 79madinah

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۞ وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you
نِصْفُniṣ'fu(is) half
مَاmā(of) what
تَرَكَtaraka(is) left
أَزْوَٰجُكُمْazwājukumby your wives
إِنinif
لَّمْlamnot
يَكُنyakun
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لَّهُنَّlahunnafor them
وَلَدٌۭ ۚwaladuna child
فَإِنfa-inBut if
كَانَkānais
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
وَلَدٌۭwaladuna child
فَلَكُمُfalakumuthen for you
ٱلرُّبُعُl-rubuʿu(is) the fourth
مِمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكْنَ ۚtaraknathey left
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
وَصِيَّةٍۢwaṣiyyatinany will
يُوصِينَyūṣīnathey have made
بِهَآbihā[for which]
أَوْawor
دَيْنٍۢ ۚdayninany debt
وَلَهُنَّwalahunnaAnd for them
ٱلرُّبُعُl-rubuʿu(is) the fourth
مِمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكْتُمْtaraktumyou left
إِنinif
لَّمْlamnot
يَكُنyakunis
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
وَلَدٌۭ ۚwaladuna child
فَإِنfa-inBut if
كَانَkānais
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَلَدٌۭwaladuna child
فَلَهُنَّfalahunnathen for them
ٱلثُّمُنُl-thumunu(is) the eighth
مِمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكْتُم ۚtaraktumyou left
مِّنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
وَصِيَّةٍۢwaṣiyyatinany will
تُوصُونَtūṣūnayou have made
بِهَآbihā[for which]
أَوْawor
دَيْنٍۢ ۗdayninany debt
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
كَانَkāna[is]
رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
يُورَثُyūrathu(whose wealth) is to be inherited
كَلَـٰلَةًkalālatan(has) no parent or child
أَوِawior
ٱمْرَأَةٌۭim'ra-atuna women
وَلَهُۥٓwalahuand for him
أَخٌakhun(is) a brother
أَوْawor
أُخْتٌۭukh'tuna sister
فَلِكُلِّfalikullithen for each
وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidinone
مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof (the) two
ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚl-sudusu(is) the sixth
فَإِنfa-inBut if
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey are
أَكْثَرَaktharamore
مِنminthan
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
فَهُمْfahumthen they
شُرَكَآءُshurakāu(are) partners
فِىfīin
ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚl-thuluthithe third
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
وَصِيَّةٍۢwaṣiyyatinany will
يُوصَىٰyūṣāwas made
بِهَآbihā[for which]
أَوْawor
دَيْنٍdayninany debt
غَيْرَghayrawithout
مُضَآرٍّۢ ۚmuḍārrin(being) harmful
وَصِيَّةًۭwaṣiyyatanAn ordinance
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
حَلِيمٌۭḥalīmunAll-Forbearing
Surah An-Nisa 4:12 — Quran 4:12 | Ummatey