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An-Nisa 127

Ayah 127 of 176 · Medinan

وَيَسۡتَفۡتُونَكَ فِي ٱلنِّسَآءِۖ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُفۡتِيكُمۡ فِيهِنَّ وَمَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ فِي يَتَٰمَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّٰتِي لَا تُؤۡتُونَهُنَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُنَّ وَتَرۡغَبُونَ أَن تَنكِحُوهُنَّ وَٱلۡمُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنِ وَأَن تَقُومُواْ لِلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ وَمَا تَفۡعَلُواْ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٗا ١٢٧

And they request from you, [O Muḥammad], a [legal] ruling concerning women. Say, "Allāh gives you a ruling about them and [about] what has been recited to you in the Book concerning the orphan girls to whom you do not give what is decreed for them1 - and [yet] you desire to marry them - and concerning the oppressed among children and that you maintain for orphans [their rights] in justice." And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing of it.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., their rights, in general, and their mahr, specifically.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَسۡتَفۡتُونَكَAnd they seek your rulingwayastaftūnaka
  2. فِيconcerningfī
  3. ٱلنِّسَآءِۖthe womenl-nisāi
  4. قُلِSayquli
  5. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  6. يُفۡتِيكُمۡgives you the rulingyuf'tīkum
  7. فِيهِنَّabout themfīhinna
  8. وَمَاand whatwamā
  9. يُتۡلَىٰis recitedyut'lā
  10. عَلَيۡكُمۡto youʿalaykum
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Bookl-kitābi
  13. فِيconcerningfī
  14. يَتَٰمَىorphansyatāmā
  15. ٱلنِّسَآءِ(of) girlsl-nisāi
  16. ٱلَّٰتِي(to) whomallātī
  17. لَاnotlā
  18. تُؤۡتُونَهُنَّ(do) you give themtu'tūnahunna
  19. مَاwhatmā
  20. كُتِبَis ordainedkutiba
  21. لَهُنَّfor themlahunna
  22. وَتَرۡغَبُونَand you desirewatarghabūna
  23. أَنtoan
  24. تَنكِحُوهُنَّmarry themtankiḥūhunna
  25. وَٱلۡمُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَand the ones who are weakwal-mus'taḍʿafīna
  26. مِنَofmina
  27. ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنِthe childrenl-wil'dāni
  28. وَأَنand towa-an
  29. تَقُومُواْstandtaqūmū
  30. لِلۡيَتَٰمَىٰfor orphanslil'yatāmā
  31. بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚwith justicebil-qis'ṭi
  32. وَمَاAnd whateverwamā
  33. تَفۡعَلُواْyou dotafʿalū
  34. مِنۡofmin
  35. خَيۡرٖgoodkhayrin
  36. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  37. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  38. كَانَiskāna
  39. بِهِۦabout itbihi
  40. عَلِيمٗاAll-Knowingʿalīman

Tafsir

They ask you, O Messenger, about the rights and duties of women. Say: Allah will clarify for you what you have asked and what is recited in the Qur’ān with respect to orphan girls in your care, to whom you do not give the dowry and the inheritance that Allah has ordained for them; and whom you do not wish to marry, yet you prevent them from getting married because of your greed for their wealth. He also explains to you that your duty with respect to minor children who are helpless is to give them their due right of inheritance and not to wrong them by seizing their wealth. He explains to you the duty of being fair to orphans and looking after their best interests in this world and the Afterlife. Allah knows of any good you do towards orphans and others, and will reward you for it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran