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An-Nisa 7

Ayah 7 of 176 · Medinan

لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٞ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلۡوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٞ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلۡوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنۡهُ أَوۡ كَثُرَۚ نَصِيبٗا مَّفۡرُوضٗا ٧

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لِّلرِّجَالِFor the menlilrrijāli
  2. نَصِيبٞa portionnaṣībun
  3. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  4. تَرَكَ(is) lefttaraka
  5. ٱلۡوَٰلِدَانِ(by) the parentsl-wālidāni
  6. وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَand the near relativeswal-aqrabūna
  7. وَلِلنِّسَآءِand for the womenwalilnnisāi
  8. نَصِيبٞa portionnaṣībun
  9. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  10. تَرَكَ(is) lefttaraka
  11. ٱلۡوَٰلِدَانِ(by) parentsl-wālidāni
  12. وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبُونَand the near relativeswal-aqrabūna
  13. مِمَّاof whatmimmā
  14. قَلَّ(is) littleqalla
  15. مِنۡهُof itmin'hu
  16. أَوۡoraw
  17. كَثُرَۚmuch kathura
  18. نَصِيبٗاa portionnaṣīban
  19. 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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran