4: Surah An-Nisa' - Part 6
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يُوصِيكُمُ
yūṣīkumu
Instructs you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
فِىٓ
concerning
أَوْلَـٰدِكُمْ ۖ
awlādikum
your children
لِلذَّكَرِ
lildhakari
for the male
مِثْلُ
mith'lu
like
حَظِّ
ḥaẓẓi
(the) portion
ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۚ
l-unthayayni
(of) two females
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
كُنَّ
kunna
there are
نِسَآءًۭ
nisāan
(only) women
فَوْقَ
fawqa
more (than)
ٱثْنَتَيْنِ
ith'natayni
two
فَلَهُنَّ
falahunna
then for them
ثُلُثَا
thuluthā
two thirds
مَا
(of) what
تَرَكَ ۖ
taraka
he left
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
كَانَتْ
kānat
(there) is
وَٰحِدَةًۭ
wāḥidatan
(only) one
فَلَهَا
falahā
then for her
ٱلنِّصْفُ ۚ
l-niṣ'fu
(is) half
وَلِأَبَوَيْهِ
wali-abawayhi
And for his parents
لِكُلِّ
likulli
for each
وَٰحِدٍۢ
wāḥidin
one
مِّنْهُمَا
min'humā
of them
ٱلسُّدُسُ
l-sudusu
a sixth
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
تَرَكَ
taraka
(is) left
إِن
in
if
كَانَ
kāna
is
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
وَلَدٌۭ ۚ
waladun
a child
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَكُن
yakun
is
لَّهُۥ
lahu
for him
وَلَدٌۭ
waladun
any child
وَوَرِثَهُۥٓ
wawarithahu
and inherit[ed] him
أَبَوَاهُ
abawāhu
his parents
فَلِأُمِّهِ
fali-ummihi
then for his mother
ٱلثُّلُثُ ۚ
l-thuluthu
(is) one third
فَإِن
fa-in
And if
كَانَ
kāna
are
لَهُۥٓ
lahu
for him
إِخْوَةٌۭ
ikh'watun
brothers and sisters
فَلِأُمِّهِ
fali-ummihi
then for his mother
ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ
l-sudusu
(is) the sixth
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
وَصِيَّةٍۢ
waṣiyyatin
any will
يُوصِى
yūṣī
he has made
بِهَآ
bihā
[of which]
أَوْ
aw
or
دَيْنٍ ۗ
daynin
any debt
ءَابَآؤُكُمْ
ābāukum
Your parents
وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ
wa-abnāukum
and your children
لَا
not
تَدْرُونَ
tadrūna
you know
أَيُّهُمْ
ayyuhum
which of them
أَقْرَبُ
aqrabu
(is) nearer
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
نَفْعًۭا ۚ
nafʿan
(in) benefit
فَرِيضَةًۭ
farīḍatan
An obligation
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
كَانَ
kāna
is
عَلِيمًا
ʿalīman
All-Knowing
حَكِيمًۭا
ḥakīman
All-Wise
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