Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:8

4:8

وَإِذَا حَضَرَ ٱلْقِسْمَةَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُ فَٱرْزُقُوهُم مِّنْهُ وَقُولُوا۟ لَهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا

wa-idhā ḥaḍara l-qis'mata ulū l-qur'bā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīnu fa-ur'zuqūhum min'hu waqūlū lahum qawlan maʿrūfan

And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of it [i.e., the estate] and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.

— Saheeh International

If other relatives, orphans, or needy people are present at the distribution, give them something too, and speak kindly to them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when the relatives and the orphans and Al-Masâkîn (the poor) are present at the time of division, give them out of the property, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
حَضَرَḥaḍarapresent
ٱلْقِسْمَةَl-qis'mata(at) the (time of) division
أُو۟لُوا۟ulū(of)
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe relatives
وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُwal-masākīnuand the poor
فَٱرْزُقُوهُمfa-ur'zuqūhumthen provide them
مِّنْهُmin'hufrom it
وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak
لَهُمْlahumto them
قَوْلًۭاqawlanwords
مَّعْرُوفًۭاmaʿrūfan(of) kindness