Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:176

4:176

يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِى ٱلْكَلَـٰلَةِ ۚ إِنِ ٱمْرُؤٌا۟ هَلَكَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُۥٓ أُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ ۚ وَهُوَ يَرِثُهَآ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهَا وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَتَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُمَا ٱلثُّلُثَانِ مِمَّا تَرَكَ ۚ وَإِن كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَةً رِّجَالًا وَنِسَآءً فَلِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۗ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ أَن تَضِلُّوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۢ

yastaftūnaka quli l-lahu yuf'tīkum fī l-kalālati ini im'ru-on halaka laysa lahu waladun walahu ukh'tun falahā niṣ'fu mā taraka wahuwa yarithuhā in lam yakun lahā waladun fa-in kānatā ith'natayni falahumā l-thuluthāni mimmā taraka wa-in kānū ikh'watan rijālan wanisāan falildhakari mith'lu ḥaẓẓi l-unthayayni yubayyinu l-lahu lakum an taḍillū wal-lahu bikulli shayin ʿalīmun

They request from you a [legal] ruling. Say, "Allāh gives you a ruling concerning one having neither descendants nor ascendants [as heirs]." If a man dies, leaving no child but [only] a sister, she will have half of what he left. And he inherits from her if she [dies and] has no child. But if there are two sisters [or more], they will have two thirds of what he left. If there are both brothers and sisters, the male will have the share of two females. Allāh makes clear to you [His law], lest you go astray. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.

— Saheeh International

They ask you [Prophet] for a ruling. Say, ‘God gives you a ruling about inheritance from someone who dies childless with no surviving parents. If a man leaves a sister, she is entitled to half of the inheritance; if she has no child her brother is her sole heir; if there are two sisters, they are entitled to two-thirds of the inheritance between them, but if there are surviving brothers and sisters, the male is entitled to twice the share of the female. God makes this clear to you so that you do not make mistakes: He has full knowledge of everything.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They ask you for a legal verdict. Say: "Allâh directs (thus) about Al-Kalâlah (those who leave neither descendants nor ascendants as heirs). If it is a man that dies leaving a sister, but no child, she shall have half the inheritance. If (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, her brother takes her inheritance. If there are two sisters, they shall have two-thirds of the inheritance; if there are brothers and sisters, the male will have twice the share of the female. (Thus) does Allâh make clear to you (His Law) lest you go astray. And Allâh is the All-Knower of everything."

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

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يَسْتَفْتُونَكَyastaftūnakaThey seek your ruling
قُلِquliSay
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يُفْتِيكُمْyuf'tīkumgives you a ruling
فِىfīconcerning
ٱلْكَلَـٰلَةِۚl-kalālatithe Kalala
إِنِiniif
ٱمْرُؤٌا۟im'ru-ona man
هَلَكَhalakadied
لَيْسَlaysa(and) not
لَهُۥlahuhe has
وَلَدٌۭwaladuna child
وَلَهُۥٓwalahuand he has
أُخْتٌۭukh'tuna sister
فَلَهَاfalahāthen for her
نِصْفُniṣ'fu(is) a half
مَاmā(of) what
تَرَكَۚtarakahe left
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd he
يَرِثُهَآyarithuhāwill inherit from her
إِنinif
لَّمْlamnot
يَكُنyakunis
لَّهَاlahāfor her
وَلَدٌۭۚwaladuna child
فَإِنfa-inBut if
كَانَتَاkānatāthere were
ٱثْنَتَيْنِith'nataynitwo females
فَلَهُمَاfalahumāthen for them
ٱلثُّلُثَانِl-thuluthānitwo thirds
مِمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكَۚtarakahe left
وَإِنwa-inBut if
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
إِخْوَةًۭikh'watanbrothers and sisters
رِّجَالًۭاrijālanmen
وَنِسَآءًۭwanisāanand women
فَلِلذَّكَرِfalildhakarithen the male will have
مِثْلُmith'lulike
حَظِّḥaẓẓishare
ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِۗl-unthayayni(of) the two females
يُبَيِّنُyubayyinumakes clear
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَكُمْlakumto you
أَنanlest
تَضِلُّوا۟ۗtaḍillūyou go astray
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِكُلِّbikulliof every
شَىْءٍshayinthing
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower