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An-Nisa 9

Ayah 9 of 176 · Medinan

وَلۡيَخۡشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوۡ تَرَكُواْ مِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّةٗ ضِعَٰفًا خَافُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ فَلۡيَتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلۡيَقُولُواْ قَوۡلٗا سَدِيدًا ٩

And let those [executors and guardians] fear [injustice] as if they [themselves] had left weak offspring behind and feared for them. So let them fear Allāh and speak words of appropriate justice.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلۡيَخۡشَAnd let fear walyakhsha
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. لَوۡiflaw
  4. تَرَكُواْthey lefttarakū
  5. مِنۡfrommin
  6. خَلۡفِهِمۡbehindkhalfihim
  7. ذُرِّيَّةٗoffspringdhurriyyatan
  8. ضِعَٰفًاweakḍiʿāfan
  9. خَافُواْ(and) they would have fearedkhāfū
  10. عَلَيۡهِمۡabout themʿalayhim
  11. فَلۡيَتَّقُواْSo let them fearfalyattaqū
  12. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  13. وَلۡيَقُولُواْand let them speakwalyaqūlū
  14. قَوۡلٗاwordsqawlan
  15. سَدِيدًاappropriatesadīdan

Tafsir

Let those executors and guardians fear in the manner they would if they had died and left young, weak children behind them, fearing they would be ruined. Let them be mindful of orphans under their guardianship, not doing any wrong to them. So that Allah brings about others to treat well their own children after they die, as they treated the orphans well. Let whoever is present at the making of will, say what is right for the children, so that the heirs are not wronged in the will. Nor should the giver deprive himself of this good deed by not leaving a will.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran