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Surah An-Nisa, ayah 8

وَإِذَا حَضَرَ ٱلْقِسْمَةَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُ فَٱرْزُقُوهُم مِّنْهُ وَقُولُوا۟ لَهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا

And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of it [i.e., the estate] and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.

An-Nisa · 4:8

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  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. حَضَرَḥaḍarapresent
  3. ٱلْقِسْمَةَl-qis'mata(at) the (time of) division
  4. أُو۟لُوا۟ulū(of)
  5. ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe relatives
  6. وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
  7. وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينُwal-masākīnuand the poor
  8. فَٱرْزُقُوهُمfa-ur'zuqūhumthen provide them
  9. مِّنْهُmin'hufrom it
  10. وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak
  11. لَهُمْlahumto them
  12. قَوْلًۭاqawlanwords
  13. مَّعْرُوفًۭاmaʿrūfan(of) kindness

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