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.
وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَand the near relativeswal-aqrabūna
وَلِلنِّسَآءِand for the womenwalilnnisāi
نَصِيبٞa portionnaṣībun
مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
تَرَكَ(is) lefttaraka
ٱلۡوَٰلِدَانِ(by) parentsl-wālidāni
وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَand the near relativeswal-aqrabūna
مِمَّاof whatmimmā
قَلَّ(is) littleqalla
مِنۡهُof itmin'hu
أَوۡoraw
كَثُرَۚmuch kathura
نَصِيبٗاa portionnaṣīban
مَّفۡرُوضٗاobligatorymafrūḍan
Tafsir
Men are to have a share of what their parents or relatives – such as brothers and sisters or uncles and aunts – leave when they die, whether it is much or little. Women are also to have a share of what they leave, which was not the way that things were in the time of ignorance before Islam, when women and children were left out of the inheritance. This share is a right and its amount is clearly set out – as made obligatory by Allah.