Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:7

4:7

لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ ۚ نَصِيبًا مَّفْرُوضًا

lilrrijāli naṣībun mimmā taraka l-wālidāni wal-aqrabūna walilnnisāi naṣībun mimmā taraka l-wālidāni wal-aqrabūna mimmā qalla min'hu aw kathura naṣīban mafrūḍan

For men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much - an obligatory share.

— Saheeh International

Men shall have a share in what their parents and closest relatives leave, and women shall have a share in what their parents and closest relatives leave, whether the legacy be small or large: this is ordained by God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

There is a share for men and a share for women from what is left by parents and those nearest related, whether the property be small or large - a legal share.

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

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Word by Word

لِّلرِّجَالِlilrrijāliFor the men
نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībuna portion
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكَtaraka(is) left
ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni(by) the parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَwal-aqrabūnaand the near relatives
وَلِلنِّسَآءِwalilnnisāiand for the women
نَصِيبٌۭnaṣībuna portion
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تَرَكَtaraka(is) left
ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِl-wālidāni(by) parents
وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَwal-aqrabūnaand the near relatives
مِمَّاmimmāof what
قَلَّqalla(is) little
مِنْهُmin'huof it
أَوْawor
كَثُرَۚkathuramuch
نَصِيبًۭاnaṣībana portion
مَّفْرُوضًۭاmafrūḍanobligatory