Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 180
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِن تَرَكَ خَيْرًا ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.
Al-Baqarah · 2:180
Word by word
- كُتِبَkutibaPrescribed
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- حَضَرَḥaḍaraapproaches
- أَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumuany of you
- ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
- إِنinif
- تَرَكَtarakahe leaves
- خَيْرًاkhayrangood
- ٱلْوَصِيَّةُl-waṣiyatu(making) the will
- لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِlil'wālidaynifor the parents
- وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the near relatives
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖbil-maʿrūfiwith due fairness
- حَقًّاḥaqqana duty
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous ones
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