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Surah An-Nisa, ayah 11

يُوصِيكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَوْلَـٰدِكُمْ ۖ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۚ فَإِن كُنَّ نِسَآءً فَوْقَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ ۖ وَإِن كَانَتْ وَٰحِدَةً فَلَهَا ٱلنِّصْفُ ۚ وَلِأَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِن كَانَ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلَدٌ وَوَرِثَهُۥٓ أَبَوَاهُ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلثُّلُثُ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُۥٓ إِخْوَةٌ فَلِأُمِّهِ ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِى بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۗ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًا ۚ فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

Allāh instructs you concerning your children [i.e., their portions of inheritance]: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females. But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of one's estate. And if there is only one, for her is half. And for one's parents, to each one of them is a sixth of his estate if he left children. But if he had no children and the parents [alone] inherit from him, then for his mother is one third. And if he had brothers [and/or sisters], for his mother is a sixth, after any bequest he [may have] made or debt. Your parents or your children - you know not which of them are nearest to you in benefit. [These shares are] an obligation [imposed] by Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

An-Nisa · 4:11

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  1. يُوصِيكُمُyūṣīkumuInstructs you
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  3. فِىٓfīconcerning
  4. أَوْلَـٰدِكُمْ ۖawlādikumyour children
  5. لِلذَّكَرِlildhakarifor the male
  6. مِثْلُmith'lulike
  7. حَظِّḥaẓẓi(the) portion
  8. ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۚl-unthayayni(of) two females
  9. فَإِنfa-inBut if
  10. كُنَّkunnathere are
  11. نِسَآءًۭnisāan(only) women
  12. فَوْقَfawqamore (than)
  13. ٱثْنَتَيْنِith'nataynitwo
  14. فَلَهُنَّfalahunnathen for them
  15. ثُلُثَاthuluthātwo thirds
  16. مَاmā(of) what
  17. تَرَكَ ۖtarakahe left
  18. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  19. كَانَتْkānat(there) is
  20. وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatan(only) one
  21. فَلَهَاfalahāthen for her
  22. ٱلنِّصْفُ ۚl-niṣ'fu(is) half
  23. وَلِأَبَوَيْهِwali-abawayhiAnd for his parents
  24. لِكُلِّlikullifor each
  25. وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidinone
  26. مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof them
  27. ٱلسُّدُسُl-sudusua sixth
  28. مِمَّاmimmāof what
  29. تَرَكَtaraka(is) left
  30. إِنinif
  31. كَانَkānais
  32. لَهُۥlahufor him
  33. وَلَدٌۭ ۚwaladuna child
  34. فَإِنfa-inBut if
  35. لَّمْlamnot
  36. يَكُنyakunis
  37. لَّهُۥlahufor him
  38. وَلَدٌۭwaladunany child
  39. وَوَرِثَهُۥٓwawarithahuand inherit[ed] him
  40. أَبَوَاهُabawāhuhis parents
  41. فَلِأُمِّهِfali-ummihithen for his mother
  42. ٱلثُّلُثُ ۚl-thuluthu(is) one third
  43. فَإِنfa-inAnd if
  44. كَانَkānaare
  45. لَهُۥٓlahufor him
  46. إِخْوَةٌۭikh'watunbrothers and sisters
  47. فَلِأُمِّهِfali-ummihithen for his mother
  48. ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚl-sudusu(is) the sixth
  49. مِنۢminfrom
  50. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  51. وَصِيَّةٍۢwaṣiyyatinany will
  52. يُوصِىyūṣīhe has made
  53. بِهَآbihā[of which]
  54. أَوْawor
  55. دَيْنٍ ۗdayninany debt
  56. ءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumYour parents
  57. وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْwa-abnāukumand your children
  58. لَاlānot
  59. تَدْرُونَtadrūnayou know
  60. أَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them
  61. أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) nearer
  62. لَكُمْlakumto you
  63. نَفْعًۭا ۚnafʿan(in) benefit
  64. فَرِيضَةًۭfarīḍatanAn obligation
  65. مِّنَminafrom
  66. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
  67. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  68. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  69. كَانَkānais
  70. عَلِيمًاʿalīmanAll-Knowing
  71. حَكِيمًۭاḥakīmanAll-Wise

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