Surah An-Nisa, ayah 12
۞ وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ أَزْوَٰجُكُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُنَّ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَلَكُمُ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصِينَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۚ وَلَهُنَّ ٱلرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ إِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّكُمْ وَلَدٌ ۚ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ ٱلثُّمُنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُم ۚ مِّنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ تُوصُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ ۗ وَإِن كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلَـٰلَةً أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ وَلَهُۥٓ أَخٌ أَوْ أُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ فَإِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فِى ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَىٰ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَآرٍّ ۚ وَصِيَّةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ
And for you is half of what your wives leave if they have no child. But if they have a child, for you is one fourth of what they leave, after any bequest they [may have] made or debt. And for them [i.e., the wives] is one fourth if you leave no child. But if you leave a child, then for them is an eighth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt. And if a man or woman leaves neither ascendants nor descendants but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth. But if they are more than two, they share a third, after any bequest which was made or debt, as long as there is no detriment [caused]. [This is] an ordinance from Allāh, and Allāh is Knowing and Forbearing.
Word by word
- ۞ وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you
- نِصْفُniṣ'fu(is) half
- مَاmā(of) what
- تَرَكَtaraka(is) left
- أَزْوَٰجُكُمْazwājukumby your wives
- إِنinif
- لَّمْlamnot
- يَكُنyakunis
- لَّهُنَّlahunnafor them
- وَلَدٌۭ ۚwaladuna child
- فَإِنfa-inBut if
- كَانَkānais
- لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
- وَلَدٌۭwaladuna child
- فَلَكُمُfalakumuthen for you
- ٱلرُّبُعُl-rubuʿu(is) the fourth
- مِمَّاmimmāof what
- تَرَكْنَ ۚtaraknathey left
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- وَصِيَّةٍۢwaṣiyyatinany will
- يُوصِينَyūṣīnathey have made
- بِهَآbihā[for which]
- أَوْawor
- دَيْنٍۢ ۚdayninany debt
- وَلَهُنَّwalahunnaAnd for them
- ٱلرُّبُعُl-rubuʿu(is) the fourth
- مِمَّاmimmāof what
- تَرَكْتُمْtaraktumyou left
- إِنinif
- لَّمْlamnot
- يَكُنyakunis
- لَّكُمْlakumfor you
- وَلَدٌۭ ۚwaladuna child
- فَإِنfa-inBut if
- كَانَkānais
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- وَلَدٌۭwaladuna child
- فَلَهُنَّfalahunnathen for them
- ٱلثُّمُنُl-thumunu(is) the eighth
- مِمَّاmimmāof what
- تَرَكْتُم ۚtaraktumyou left
- مِّنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- وَصِيَّةٍۢwaṣiyyatinany will
- تُوصُونَtūṣūnayou have made
- بِهَآbihā[for which]
- أَوْawor
- دَيْنٍۢ ۗdayninany debt
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- كَانَkāna[is]
- رَجُلٌۭrajuluna man
- يُورَثُyūrathu(whose wealth) is to be inherited
- كَلَـٰلَةًkalālatan(has) no parent or child
- أَوِawior
- ٱمْرَأَةٌۭim'ra-atuna women
- وَلَهُۥٓwalahuand for him
- أَخٌakhun(is) a brother
- أَوْawor
- أُخْتٌۭukh'tuna sister
- فَلِكُلِّfalikullithen for each
- وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidinone
- مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof (the) two
- ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚl-sudusu(is) the sixth
- فَإِنfa-inBut if
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey are
- أَكْثَرَaktharamore
- مِنminthan
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- فَهُمْfahumthen they
- شُرَكَآءُshurakāu(are) partners
- فِىfīin
- ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚl-thuluthithe third
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- وَصِيَّةٍۢwaṣiyyatinany will
- يُوصَىٰyūṣāwas made
- بِهَآbihā[for which]
- أَوْawor
- دَيْنٍdayninany debt
- غَيْرَghayrawithout
- مُضَآرٍّۢ ۚmuḍārrin(being) harmful
- وَصِيَّةًۭwaṣiyyatanAn ordinance
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
- حَلِيمٌۭḥalīmunAll-Forbearing
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